The ability of embryonic germinal cells to differentiate into primordial germinal cells during early development stages is a perfect model to address our hypothesis about cancer and infertility. This protocol shows how to isolate primordial germinal cells from developing gonads in 10.5-11.5 days post coitum mouse embryos.
Moreno-Ortiz, H., Esteban-Perez, C., Badran, W., Kent-First, M. Isolation and Derivation of Mouse Embryonic Germinal Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (32), e1635, doi:10.3791/1635 (2009).