Juvenile hormones direct primordial germ cell migration to the embryonic gonad
Lacy J. Barton, Justina Sanny, Emily Packard Dawson, Marcela Nouzová, Fernando Gabriel Noriega, Matthias Stadtfeld, Ruth Lehmann
This study shows juvenile hormones (JHs) are necessary and sufficient for primordial germ cell (PGC) migration in Drosophila, with similar roles observed for retinoic acids in mammals.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2021 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology