It also became evident from the molecular analysis that a minority of cultured cells maintained a full expression spectrum of germ cell specific genes, including genes of pluripotency.
As discussed above, insects like Nasonia and Apis whose embryogenesis comprises a spectrum of short-germ to long-germ can be called long germ, though they are less completely so than Drosophila (which appears to be the only species that fulfill the strict definition of long germ).
Insect embryogenesis comprises a spectrum of short-germ to long-germ, and, although insects like Nasonia and Apis can be called long germ, they are less completely so than Drosophila, indicating that these two mechanisms do appear to co-exist, which is the major conclusion of our paper.
Spermatogenesis and oogenesis are multistage processes, involving tightly controlled cell-specific activation and/or repression of a wide spectrum of genes at every stage of germ cell development.
While the short-term cultured spermatogonia shows the full spectrum of stem- and germ cell/differentiation-associated genes, the majority of long-term cultured spermatogonia had lost the expression of several important genes related to germ cell differentiation (e.g., VASA, DAZL, and PLZF) and obtained more "basal" gene expression profile.
For some sporadic cancers, such as bone and soft tissue sarcoma that are frequently observed in LFS, defects in the p53 pathway have also been observed, suggesting that the sporadic development of p53-dependent cancers may in fact represent a spectrum of susceptibility ranging from germ-line mutation to pathway polymorphisms.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
"Hospitals are full of germs".
Phones are, in fact, carriers of germs.
There's also the question of germs.
