Jessica M. Stringer

The paper identifies a transient period of PRC2 activity in mouse and human oocytes that represses developmental genes, with conservation in human germline but loss during early embryonic development.

This study shows Fancm deficiency increases crossover frequencies and disrupts gametogenesis in mice, with potential implications for human genomic instability disorders.

This study identifies Smchd1 as a maternal effect gene that regulates imprinted expression of 16 genes by translating polycomb-mediated histone methylation marks into a heritable chromatin state.