title: A developmental insurance policy.
abstract: Why does a totipotent state linger within the inner cell mass of mouse embryos?
authors.affiliation: Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Nestor
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0637-791X
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saiz
authors.affiliation: Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Anna-Katerina
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7580-5124
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hadjantonakis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D051379:Mice; D015398:Signal Transduction
keywords: cell fate; cell plasticity; developmental biology; inner cell mass; mouse; preimplantation; stem cells; trophectoderm