FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Oyster vasa-like gene as a marker of the germline cell development in Crassostrea gigas BT AF FABIOUX, Caroline HUVET, Arnaud LELONG, C ROBERT, Rene POUVREAU, Stephane DANIEL, Jean-Yves MINGANT, Christian LE PENNEC, M AS 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; FF 1:PDG-DRV-RA-PI;2:PDG-DRV-RA-PI;3:;4:PDG-DRV-RA-PI;5:PDG-DRV-RA-PI;6:PDG-DRV-RA-PI;7:PDG-DRV-RA-PI;8:; C1 IFREMER, UMR Physiol & Ecophysiol Mollusques Marins, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Bretagne Occidentale, UMR CNRS 6539, IUEM, Lab Sci Environm Marin, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Caen, UMR Physiol & Ecophysiol Mollusques Marins, F-14032 Caen, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE, FRANCE UNIV CAEN, FRANCE SI BREST ARGENTON SE PDG-DRV-RA-PI IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-univ-france IF 2.904 TC 105 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-648.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Primordial germ cells;Oyster vasa like gene;Germline;Development;Crassostrea gigas AB The oyster vasa-like gene was previously demonstrated to be specifically expressed in germline cells of adult oysters Crassostrea gigas. In the present study, this gene was used as a molecular marker to establish the developmental pattern of germline cells during oyster ontogenesis. using whole-mount in situ hybridization and real-time PCR. The Oyvlg transcripts appeared to be localized to the vegetal pole of unfertilized oocytes and maternally transmitted to embryos. At early development, these maternal transcripts were observed to segregate into a single blastomere, from the CD macromere of 2-cell stage to the 4d mesentoblast of blastula. From late blastula stage, the mesentoblast divided into two cell clumps that migrated to both sides of the larvae body and that would correspond to primordial germ cells (PGCs). Based on these results, we postulate that the germline of C. gigas is specified at early development by maternal cytoplasmic determinants including Oyvlg mRNAs, in putative PGCs that would differentiate into germinal stem cells in juvenile oysters. PY 2004 PD JUN SO Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications SN 0006-291X PU Elsevier VL 320 IS 2 UT 000222567700047 BP 592 EP 598 DI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.009 ID 648 ER EF