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  1. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Center; Center for Reproductive Sciences;, Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology University of California at San Francisco, 94143, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Vanessa T. Angeles

  2. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Center; Center for Reproductive Sciences;, Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology University of California at San Francisco, 94143, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Renee A. Reijo Pera

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  1. University College London, London, UK

    John R. Masters

  2. University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Bernhard O. Palsson

  3. University of Wisconsin Medical School, 470 N. Charter Street, 53706-1509, Madison, WI, USA

    James A. Thomson

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Angeles, V.T., Pera, R.A.R. (2007). Germ Cell Differentiation. In: Masters, J.R., Palsson, B.O., Thomson, J.A. (eds) Human Cell Culture. Human Cell Culture, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5983-4_7

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