Tetraploid Embryonic Stem Cells Maintain Pluripotency and Differentiation Potency into Three Germ Layers

• Hiroyuki Imai,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Kiyoshi Kano ,

  * E-mail: kanokiyo@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan, Biomedical Science Center for Translational Research (BSCTR), The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Wataru Fujii,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ken Takasawa,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Shoichi Wakitani,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Masato Hiyama,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Koichiro Nishino,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Ken Takeshi Kusakabe,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Yasuo Kiso

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Joint-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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