title: Germ Cells Get by with a Little Cannibalistic Help from Their Friends.
abstract: During development, primordial germ cells (PGCs) navigate a complex journey to generate the germline. In a recent paper in Nature Cell Biology, Nance and colleagues (Abdu et al., 2016) have discovered an unexpected step along the way: PGCs get cut in half by endodermal cells.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Shefali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: overhom1@mskcc.org.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Overholtzer
mesh_terms: D002450:Cell Communication; D005854:Germ Cells