TY - JOUR A1 - Goldsmith, Joseph B. T1 - The history of the germ cells in the domestic fowl T2 - Journal of morphology N2 - Material of the domestic fowl of appropriate ages, ranging from twelve hours' incubation to the adult bird, was prepared for the purpose of studying the production and development of the germ cells. The primordial germ cells arise in the extra-embryonic region anterior to the head fold in the region of the zone of junction during the primitive-streak stage. These germ cells migrate, through the blood stream, to the region of the future gonad, where they develop into the definitive germ plasm. There is no widespread degeneration of the primordial germ cells after their arrival in the gonadal region, nor is there any widespread transformation of somatic cells into definitive germ cells. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/16852 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1099285 SN - 0095-9626 SN - 1097-4687 N1 - Signatur: 8 Q 307.4880/2 VL - 46 IS - 1 SP - 275 EP - 315 PB - Inst. CY - Philadelphia, Pa. ER -