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Decoupling Transcription from Cell Fate Preserves Germ Cell Totipotency
Sherilyn Grill, Arjuna Rajakumar, Anais Tsai…·Ruth Lehmann
The paper shows that Drosophila germ cells maintain totipotency by transcribing an embryo-like program but repressing its translation through Nanos.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.17.752471