Germline stem cell isolation, lineage tracing, and aging in a protochordate
Tom Levy, Chiara Anselmi, Katherine J. Ishizuka…·Ayelet Voskoboynik
This study investigates age-related changes in germline stem cells (GSCs) in the protochordate Botryllus schlosseri using single-cell RNA sequencing and transplantation assays, revealing that GSCs, not gametes, drive reproductive aging.