A transposon expression burst accompanies the activation of Y-chromosome fertility genes during Drosophila spermatogenesis

Autor: Matthew A. Lawlor, Weihuan Cao, Christopher E. Ellison
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27136-4
Popis: In this study, Lawlor et al. show that transposons on the Drosophila Y chromosome have evolved to exploit a specific stage of spermatogenesis when the Y chromosome is decondensed and the piRNA pathway is downregulated.
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