and fungi whose germ cells are derived from prior somatic cells as opposed to stem cells. The Weismann barrier is essential to the concept of an immortal germline, which passes down genetic information through designated germ cells.Organisms with germ-soma differentiation but no Weismann barrier often reproduce through somatic embryogenesis.

Benefits and detriments of differentiation

There is no single widely accepted theory on the origins of somatic-germline

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