Testis- and ovary-expressed polo transcripts and gene duplications affect male fertility when expressed in the germline
Paola Najera, Olivia A Dratler, Alexander B Mai, Miguel Elizarraras, Rahul Vanchinathan, Christopher A. Gonzales, Richard P. Meisel
The paper investigates the evolutionary and functional differences between duplicated Plk genes in Drosophila, showing that Dpse-polo-dup1 improves male meiotic spindle regulation and reduces male infertility.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2024 · PreprintGenetics