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The blastocyst stage is characterized by the presence of a blastocyst cavity, outer cell mass and inner cell mass. Embryonic stem cells are derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst.

How alterations in cell metabolism translate into specific developmental gene programs remains a major question. This study ...

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