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Germinal cells represent one of the cell lines into which the blastoderm differentiates, the others being the somatic and the extraembryonal lines, but at the same time germ cells are capable of differentiating again toward the somatic and extraembryonal lines. After they form in the normal yolk sac, they migrate toward the gonadal folds, but if displaced, they can retain their ontogenetic potential and acquire neoplastic properties [3602].
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Schiffer, D., Giordana, M.T., Mauro, A., Soffietti, R. (1997). Tumors and Dysontogenetic Lesions. In: Brain Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60529-1_21
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