Career choice in stem cells: Predetermined or self-selected? (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology

Career choice in stem cells: Predetermined or self-selected?

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Stem cells are instructed to form certain cell types by the release of various signaling molecules during gastrulation. However, they can influence their fate: they send out signaling molecules themselves and thus communicate with each other.

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MPI of Molecular Physiology

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