The multicopy gene Sly represses the sex chromosomes in the male mouse germline after meiosis.

Studies of mice with Y chromosome long arm deficiencies suggest that the male-specific region (MSYq) encodes information required for sperm differentiation and postmeiotic sex chromatin repression (PSCR). Several genes have been identified on MSYq, but because they are present in more than 40 copies...

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Main Authors: Julie Cocquet, Peter J I Ellis, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Shantha K Mahadevaiah, Nabeel A Affara, Monika A Ward, Paul S Burgoyne
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fb880ebd02244839baabfc823f4e2d47
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