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. 2020 Feb 24;52(4):397-398.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.02.002.

MEIOSIN: A New Watchman of Meiotic Initiation in Mammalian Germ Cells

Jon M Oatley  1 , Michael D Griswold  2
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MEIOSIN: A New Watchman of Meiotic Initiation in Mammalian Germ Cells

Jon M Oatley et al. Dev Cell. .

Abstract

The capacity to undergo meiosis defines vertebrate germ cells, yet mechanisms driving initiation of this specialized process are largely undefined. In this issue of Developmental Cell,Ishiguro et al. (2020) identified the transcription factor MEIOSIN as a gatekeeper of meiotic initiation in both male and female germ cells.

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