Seven days in the life cycle of Homo sapiens.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-31-2023

Keywords

JMG, Female, Pregnancy, Animals, Humans, Embryo, Mammalian, Embryonic Development, Life Cycle Stages, Morphogenesis, Stem Cells

JAX Source

Cell. 2023;186(18):3755-7.

ISSN

1097-4172

PMID

37657417

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.007

Abstract

The second week of embryonic development is a critical phase of the human life cycle and one that has been largely inaccessible to scientific investigation. Recent studies of human embryo models built from stem cells promise to yield dramatic insights into the key events of cell specification and morphogenesis that occur during this brief window of embryogenesis.

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