Here, we show that removing the translational repressor Nanos from either GSCs or their precursors, the primordial germ cells (PGCs), causes both cell types to differentiate into germline cysts.

• 作者表明从GSC或者其前体原始生殖系细胞(PGCs)去除翻译抑制物Nanos将使两种细胞分化成生殖系包囊。