Germ cells, which give rise to egg and sperm, are critical to the survival of a species. Ruth Lehmann describes how germ cells are specified in the early embryo and how they develop, and then focuses on the establishment of the dichotomy between somatic and germ line fate.
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Part One: Germ cell development
Part Two: Establishing soma-germline dichotomy
