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. 2014 Jul 21;24(14):R637-R638.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.018.

P granules

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P granules

Jennifer T Wang et al. Curr Biol. .
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Figure 1. P granules
P granules (detected using the OIC1D4 antibody) in an adult hermaphrodite gonad. P granules are perinuclear in germ cells in the pachytene and diplotene stages of meiosis and become progressively more cytoplasmic in growing oocytes. The inset at top right shows cytoplasmic P granules (detected with an anti-GLH-2 antibody) in an embryo in the first mitotic prophase: these P granules are enriched on the posterior side. P granules are in green, and DNA is in blue. Scale bar = 1 µm. (Image: Jennifer T. Wang.)

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