Germ plasm, the Balbiani body and nuage are evolutionary conserved structures essential for germ cell specification and maintenance. We describe Tdrd6a as a component of these structures with two dist
Leptotene and zygote (LZ) spematocytes at P11, P16, and P21 were compared by small-RNA-seq. The P21 data has been published under GSE70891. This revealed that, the late piRNA clusters were rarely expr
Sex-determining chromosomes exhibit complex global regulation in germ cells, in part due to the absence of dosage compensatory mechanisms found in the soma. In the XX hermaphrodite germ line of C. ele
Prospermatogonia, precursors to the mature male germline, undergo a period of sustained quiescence during late fetal and early postnatal development. The purpose of this mitotic arrest is not fully un