Heteromorphic sex chromosomes: Navigating meiosis without a homologous partner

MDC1 directs chromosome-wide silencing of the sex chromosomes in male germ cells

(2011) Y. Ichijima et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

An Asymmetric Chromosome Pair Undergoes Synaptic Adjustment and Crossover Redistribution During Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis: Implications for Sex Chromosome Evolution

(2011) J. V. Henzel et al.   GENETICS

Sex-chromosome evolution: recent progress and the influence of male and female heterogamety

(2011) Hans Ellegren   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Distinct Properties of the XY Pseudoautosomal Region Crucial for Male Meiosis

(2011) L. Kauppi et al.   SCIENCE

Checkpoint mechanisms: the puppet masters of meiotic prophase

(2011) Amy J. MacQueen et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Caenorhabditis elegans Histone Methyltransferase MET-2 Shields the Male X Chromosome from Checkpoint Machinery and Mediates Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation

(2011) Paula M. Checchi et al.   PLoS Genetics

The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme HR6B is required for maintenance of X chromosome silencing in mouse spermatocytes and spermatids

(2010) Eskeatnaf Mulugeta Achame et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Meiotic Errors Activate Checkpoints that Improve Gamete Quality without Triggering Apoptosis in Male Germ Cells

(2010) Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evidence that Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation Is Essential for Male Fertility

(2010) Hélène Royo et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RNF8-Dependent Histone Modifications Regulate Nucleosome Removal during Spermatogenesis

(2010) Lin-Yu Lu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Epigenetic Transitions in Germ Cell Development and Meiosis

(2010) Satya K. Kota et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

DNA double strand break repair, chromosome synapsis and transcriptional silencing in meiosis

(2010) Akiko Inagaki et al.   Epigenetics

Evolutionary conservation of meiotic DSB proteins: more than just Spo11

(2010) F. Cole et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Genetic probing of homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining during meiotic prophase in irradiated mouse spermatocytes

(2010) Emad A. Ahmed et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS

UBR2 mediates transcriptional silencing during spermatogenesis via histone ubiquitination

(2010) J. Y. An et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential Localization and Independent Acquisition of the H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 Chromatin Modifications in the Caenorhabditis elegans Adult Germ Line

(2010) Jessica B. Bessler et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA double-strand breaks in meiosis: Checking their formation, processing and repair

(2009) Maria Pia Longhese et al.   DNA REPAIR

A Single Unpaired and Transcriptionally Silenced X Chromosome Locally Precludes Checkpoint Signaling in the Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Line

(2009) A. Jaramillo-Lambert et al.   GENETICS

A combinational theory for maintenance of sex

(2009) E Hörandl   HEREDITY

Genetic conflict and sex chromosome evolution

(2009) Colin D. Meiklejohn et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Female Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation in Chicken

(2009) Sam Schoenmakers et al.   PLoS Genetics

Stage-Specific Expression Profiling of Drosophila Spermatogenesis Suggests that Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation Drives Genomic Relocation of Testis-Expressed Genes

(2009) Maria D. Vibranovski et al.   PLoS Genetics

Regulation of Heterochromatin Assembly on Unpaired Chromosomes during Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis by Components of a Small RNA-Mediated Pathway

(2009) Xingyu She et al.   PLoS Genetics

Extensive meiotic asynapsis in mice antagonises meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin and consequently disrupts meiotic sex chromosome inactivation

(2008) Shantha K. Mahadevaiah et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Combinatorial patterns of histone acetylations and methylations in the human genome

(2008) Zhibin Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Epigenetic regulation in male germ cells

(2008) Natasha M Zamudio et al.   REPRODUCTION