2016
Parallel evolution of male germline epigenetic poising and somatic development in animals
Lesch BJ, Silber SJ, McCarrey JR, Page DC. Parallel evolution of male germline epigenetic poising and somatic development in animals. Nature Genetics 2016, 48: 888-894. PMID: 27294618, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3591.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
A set of genes critical to development is epigenetically poised in mouse germ cells from fetal stages through completion of meiosis
Lesch BJ, Dokshin GA, Young RA, McCarrey JR, Page DC. A set of genes critical to development is epigenetically poised in mouse germ cells from fetal stages through completion of meiosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 16061-16066. PMID: 24043772, PMCID: PMC3791702, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315204110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSet of genesGerm cellsPostmeiotic male germ cellsGerm line nucleiSexual differentiationRNA-seq analysisFemale germ cellsSubset of genesEmbryonic stem cellsMale germ cellsRegulators of differentiationEnd of meiosisCompletion of meiosisMouse germ cellsTotipotent zygoteDifferentiated gametesMulticellular organismsGamete precursorsDevelopmental genesChIP-seqGerm lineGamete unionExtraembryonic tissuesMeiotic initiationPostmeiotic cells