Philippe Materne, Enrique Vázquez ... Damien Hermand
Building on previous work (Materne et al., 2015), it is shown that the ubiquitylation of histone H2B represses cell differentiation by opposing chromatin remodeling at the promoter of the master regulator of gametogenesis, ste11
CDPK4 is a pleiotropic regulator controlling initiation of DNA replication, mitotic spindle assembly and flagellar activation during the early stages of Plasmodium transmission.
Joshua T Washington, Katelyn R Cavender ... Patricia J Moore
The maintenance DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 is required for the transition of spermatogonia to spermatocytes both during larval testis development and adult sperm replenishment in the insect Oncopeltus fasciatus.
Crosses of loaches with various genetic and karyptype divergence cause different reproductive outcomes in hybrids, ranging from sexual reproduction to sterility, inviability, and clonality among females.
Transposon activation during male gametogenesis is caused by interactions between DNA demethylation and linker histone H1, developmental depletion of which promotes pollen fertility.
Luisa F Arias Padilla, Diana C Castañeda-Cortés ... Juan I Fernandino
In medaka fish, the reduction of cystic proliferation of germ stem cells declines gametogenesis, reproduction success, and male sexual behavior, with a decrease of mating vigor.
During meiosis, budding yeast use a checkpoint involving the protein Mec1 to prevent the formation of double-strand breaks in DNA that has not completed replication.
A simple cryopreservation method using chicken eggs will be a valuable tool to safeguard genetic diversity and conserve the 1600 local breeds of chicken on the planet.