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The transcriptional repressor Blimp-1 acts downstream of BMP signaling to generate primordial germ cells in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Taro Nakamura, Cassandra G. Extavour

Development 2016 143: 255-263; doi: 10.1242/dev.127563

Highlighted article: Blimp-1, a master regulator of PGC formation in mice, acts downstream of BMPs to generate PGCs in the cricket, highlighting that germ cell specification mechanisms are conserved between mice and crickets.
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Müllerian inhibiting substance regulates its receptor/SMAD signaling and causes mesenchymal transition of the coelomic epithelial cells early in Müllerian duct regression
Yong Zhan, Akihiro Fujino, David T. MacLaughlin, Thomas F. Manganaro, Paul P. Szotek, Nelson A. Arango, Jose Teixeira, Patricia K. Donahoe

Development 2006 133: 2359-2369; doi: 10.1242/dev.02383