title: Direct evidence for postmeiotic transcription during Drosophila melanogaster spermatogenesis.
abstract: Extensive gene expression during meiosis is a hallmark of spermatogenesis. Although it was generally accepted that RNA transcription ceases during meiosis, recent observations suggest that some transcription occurs in postmeiosis. To further resolve this issue, we provide direct evidence for the de novo transcription of RNA during the postmeiotic phases. These results strengthen the newly emerging notion that postmeiotic transcription is dynamic and integral to the overall process of spermatogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Maria D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Vibranovski
authors.forename: Domitille S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chalopin
authors.forename: Hedibert F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Manyuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Timothy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Karr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001976:Bromouracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014529:Uridine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D001976:Bromouracil; C006824:5-bromouridine; D014529:Uridine