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

oleh: Matthew A. Lawlor, Weihuan Cao, Christopher E. Ellison

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01

Deskripsi

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.