Sperm Go to (Transcription) Extremes.

Lesch, Bluma J · Cell · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Xia and colleagues show that heritable mutations are kept in check in the male germline partly by "transcriptional scanning," wherein the majority of genes are transcribed and therefore subject to transcription-coupled repair. They provide a new model for understanding the mechanisms of genome surveillance and evolution.

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