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Many ways to pluripotency

Stem cells derived from the postimplantation mouse embryo resemble human embryonic stem cells.

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Figure 1: Potential of various cells from the embryonic and adult mouse.

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Lovell-Badge, R. Many ways to pluripotency. Nat Biotechnol 25, 1114–1116 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1007-1114

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