Search Results - "James, M.A"
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Meiotic Silencing in Mammals
Published in Annual review of genetics (23-11-2015)“…Meiosis is essential for reproduction in sexually reproducing organisms. A key stage in meiosis is the synapsis of maternal and paternal homologous…”
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Enhancer Evolution across 20 Mammalian Species
Published in Cell (29-01-2015)“…The mammalian radiation has corresponded with rapid changes in noncoding regions of the genome, but we lack a comprehensive understanding of regulatory…”
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Gene expression across mammalian organ development
Published in Nature (London) (01-07-2019)“…The evolution of gene expression in mammalian organ development remains largely uncharacterized. Here we report the transcriptomes of seven organs (cerebrum,…”
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Sex Chromosome Effects on Male–Female Differences in Mammals
Published in Current biology (19-11-2018)“…Fundamental differences exist between males and females, encompassing anatomy, physiology, behaviour, and genetics. Such differences undoubtedly play a part in…”
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Human Embryogenesis: A Comparative Perspective
Published in Annual review of cell and developmental biology (06-10-2020)“…Understanding human embryology has historically relied on comparative approaches using mammalian model organisms. With the advent of low-input methods to…”
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A single-cell transcriptome atlas of marsupial embryogenesis and X inactivation
Published in Nature (London) (22-10-2020)“…Single-cell RNA sequencing of embryos can resolve the transcriptional landscape of development at unprecedented resolution. To date, single-cell RNA-sequencing…”
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The consequences of asynapsis for mammalian meiosis
Published in Nature reviews. Genetics (01-03-2009)“…In mammals, errors in synapsis are associated with impaired meiosis, which is male-biased and is associated with reduced fertility. The recent discovery that…”
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SETDB1 Links the Meiotic DNA Damage Response to Sex Chromosome Silencing in Mice
Published in Developmental cell (03-12-2018)“…Meiotic synapsis and recombination ensure correct homologous segregation and genetic diversity. Asynapsed homologs are transcriptionally inactivated by meiotic…”
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Non-Canonical and Sexually Dimorphic X Dosage Compensation States in the Mouse and Human Germline
Published in Developmental cell (06-02-2017)“…Somatic X dosage compensation requires two mechanisms: X inactivation balances X gene output between males (XY) and females (XX), while X upregulation,…”
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Meiotic DNA double-strand breaks and chromosome asynapsis in mice are monitored by distinct HORMAD2-independent and -dependent mechanisms
Published in Genes & development (01-05-2012)“…Meiotic crossover formation involves the repair of programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and synaptonemal complex (SC) formation. Completion of these…”
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ATR is a multifunctional regulator of male mouse meiosis
Published in Nature communications (05-07-2018)“…Meiotic cells undergo genetic exchange between homologs through programmed DNA double-strand break (DSB) formation, recombination and synapsis. In mice, the…”
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The mouse X chromosome is enriched for multicopy testis genes showing postmeiotic expression
Published in Nature genetics (01-06-2008)“…According to the prevailing view, mammalian X chromosomes are enriched in spermatogenesis genes expressed before meiosis and deficient in spermatogenesis genes…”
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Rsx is a metatherian RNA with Xist-like properties in X-chromosome inactivation
Published in Nature (London) (12-07-2012)“…A non-coding RNA termed Rsx , which has properties consistent with a role in X-chromosome inactivation, is identified in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica …”
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Histone H2AFX Links Meiotic Chromosome Asynapsis to Prophase I Oocyte Loss in Mammals
Published in PLoS genetics (01-10-2015)“…Chromosome abnormalities are common in the human population, causing germ cell loss at meiotic prophase I and infertility. The mechanisms driving this loss are…”
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ATR acts stage specifically to regulate multiple aspects of mammalian meiotic silencing
Published in Genes & development (01-07-2013)“…In mammals, homologs that fail to synapse during meiosis are transcriptionally inactivated. This process, meiotic silencing, drives inactivation of the…”
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Recombinational DNA double-strand breaks in mice precede synapsis
Published in Nature genetics (01-03-2001)“…In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, meiotic recombination is initiated by Spo11-dependent double-strand breaks (DSBs), a process that precedes homologous synapsis…”
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Pachytene Asynapsis Drives Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation and Leads to Substantial Postmeiotic Repression in Spermatids
Published in Developmental cell (01-04-2006)“…Transcriptional silencing of the sex chromosomes during male meiosis (MSCI) is conserved among organisms with limited sex chromosome synapsis, including…”
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BRCA1, Histone H2AX Phosphorylation, and Male Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation
Published in Current biology (14-12-2004)“…In mammalian spermatogenesis, the X and Y chromosomes are transcriptionally silenced during the pachytene stage of meiotic prophase (meiotic sex chromosome…”
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Silencing of X-Linked MicroRNAs by Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation
Published in PLoS genetics (01-10-2015)“…During the pachytene stage of meiosis in male mammals, the X and Y chromosomes are transcriptionally silenced by Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation (MSCI)…”
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Error-prone ZW pairing and no evidence for meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the chicken germ line
Published in PLoS genetics (01-03-2012)“…In the male mouse the X and Y chromosomes pair and recombine within the small pseudoautosomal region. Genes located on the unsynapsed segments of the X and Y…”
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