Marsupial germ cells and genes

有袋动物生殖细胞和基因

• 批准号: DP0208497
• 负责人: Prof Marilyn Renfree
• 金额: $ 13.45万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0208497
• 关键词: Marsupial; germ; cells; genes

Germ cells are the most fascinating cells in the body, since theirs is the unique responsibility for transmitting life from generation to generation. Studies in mice have suggested that position in the embryo determines their origin, but the early embryology of the mouse is so different from that of other mammals that the events need confirming and extending in another species. The simplified embryology of the tammar wallaby makes it ideal for studying one of the most fundamental questions in the whole of biology: what is the basis for the primal distinction between sex and soma?

生殖细胞是体内最迷人的细胞，因为它们肩负着代代相传生命的独特责任。对小鼠的研究表明，胚胎中的位置决定了它们的起源，但小鼠的早期胚胎学与其他哺乳动物的胚胎学非常不同，以至于这些事件需要在另一个物种中得到证实和扩展。 塔玛袋鼠的简化胚胎学使其成为研究整个生物学中最基本问题之一的理想选择：性别和体细胞之间的原始区别的基础是什么？