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
2012
Genetics of germ cell development
Lesch BJ, Page DC. Genetics of germ cell development. Nature Reviews Genetics 2012, 13: 781-794. PMID: 23044825, DOI: 10.1038/nrg3294.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsGerm cell developmentGerm cellsHaploid genomeMultiple speciesCell developmentPluripotent stem cell systemsRepressive chromatin configurationGerm cell identityRNA polymerase IIGerm cell biologyStem cell systemEarly germ cellsPolymerase IICell identityDiploid genomeChromatin configurationIndividual organismsCell biologyMitotic proliferationGenomeSame speciesDifferent speciesGermline precursorsLater stepsMeiosis