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by MichaelZuo 25 days ago
Does anyone know why such a fundamental gene would have such different behaviours between mammals?

> In previous mouse studies, loss of NANOG disrupted both the epiblast and the yolk sac - a tissue that supports the developing embryo. In this human embryo study, loss of NANOG primarily affected the epiblast, the future body-forming line of cells.