Neon Uzumaki 1

Neon Uzumaki 1

Xuefeng Meng

Whitehead Institute

The image depicts a fruit fly testis containing sperm at different developmental stages. The protein shown in green can preferentially kill sperm containing the Y-chromosome, though this gene is encoded on the X-chromosome. The image shows that this protein begins to express very early during sperm development and eventually localizes to only a subset of sperms after meiosis, indicating that the protein might undergo asymmetric segregation during meiosis.

Long spiral structure with green purple and blue shaped objects in a black background

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