2024
Evolutionary innovations in germline biology of placental mammals identified by transcriptomics of first-wave spermatogenesis in opossum
Marshall K, Stadtmauer D, Maziarz J, Wagner G, Lesch B. Evolutionary innovations in germline biology of placental mammals identified by transcriptomics of first-wave spermatogenesis in opossum. Developmental Cell 2024 PMID: 39536760, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlacental mammalsLevel of transcriptionSingle-cell dataGene expression patternsMammalian spermatogenesisGene expression programsEpigenomic dataAdult testisEvolutionary innovationSpermatogenic cellsGene setsSpermatogenic developmentModel marsupialOpossum Monodelphis domesticaGene expressionExpression patternsGenesDevelopmental processesExpression programsSpermatogenesisMonodelphis domesticaMammalsDevelopmental timeCombination of featuresExpression
2020
Sperm Go to (Transcription) Extremes
Lesch BJ. Sperm Go to (Transcription) Extremes. Cell 2020, 180: 212-213. PMID: 31978338, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.033.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
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
2014
Poised chromatin in the mammalian germ line
Lesch BJ, Page DC. Poised chromatin in the mammalian germ line. Development 2014, 141: 3619-3626. PMID: 25249456, PMCID: PMC4197577, DOI: 10.1242/dev.113027.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMammalian germ lineGerm cell identityCell identityGerm lineMammalian germ cellsEmbryonic stem cellsChromatin stateEpigenetic inheritanceHistone modificationsRegulatory genesGene activationDNA methylationEpigenetic featuresChromatinGerm cellsStem cellsSomatic developmentGenesPromoterFetal stageTotipotencyCellsMeiosisGametogenesisRepression
2013
The Ligand Binding Domain of GCNF Is Not Required for Repression of Pluripotency Genes in Mouse Fetal Ovarian Germ Cells
Okumura LM, Lesch BJ, Page DC. The Ligand Binding Domain of GCNF Is Not Required for Repression of Pluripotency Genes in Mouse Fetal Ovarian Germ Cells. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e66062. PMID: 23762465, PMCID: PMC3676325, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDown-RegulationExonsFemaleFetusGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene TargetingGerm CellsHomeodomain ProteinsLigandsMeiosisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMutationNanog Homeobox ProteinNuclear Receptor Subfamily 6, Group A, Member 1Octamer Transcription Factor-3OogenesisOvaryPhenotypePluripotent Stem CellsProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiarySequence DeletionStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsFetal ovarian germ cellsOvarian germ cellsPluripotency genesSomatic cellsGerm cellsSilencing of Oct4Initiation of meiosisEmbryonic stem cellsLigand binding domainsGCNF geneEmbryonic day 14.5Tamoxifen-inducible CreDifferent developmental timepointsBinding domainsDifferentiated stateGCNFDevelopmental timepointsNanogGenesConditional ablationStem cellsDay 14.5CellsExpressionE8.0