Abstract
Primordial germ cells (PGC) arise from epiblastic cells in the beginning of the embrionary life and migrate to the gonads. During this period, PGC undergo epigenetic reprogramming during which the DNA is widely demethylated, including the retrotransposons. We observed that the germ cell-specific protein MVH, which seems to be related with the control of retrotransposon expression, starts…