Code
3G029413
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 December 2018
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- Genetics
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
Keywords
signaling
embryonic development
germ cells
Xenopus
Project description
During embryonic development primordial germ cells (precursors of the gametes) actively migrate towards the gonads. During their formation and migration they are exposed to several of the signaling factors present in the embryo. Here we want to determine how one of these signaling factors, i.e. Wnt, affects the formation and behavior of these primordial germ cells in the Xenopus model.