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Small RNA-based silencing strategies for transposons in the process of invading Drosophila species.

Germline self-renewal requires cyst stem cells and stat regulates niche adhesion in Drosophila testes.

Unexpected roles for core promoter recognition factors in cell-type-specific transcription and gene regulation.

closca, a new gene required for both Torso RTK activation and vitelline membrane integrity. Germline proteins contribute to Drosophila eggshell composition.

Maternal impairment of transposon regulation in Drosophila melanogaster by mutations in the genes aubergine, piwi and Suppressor of variegation 205.

Accessibility control of TCR Vγ region by STAT5.

Biological roles of translin and translin-associated factor-X: RNA metabolism comes to the fore.

Genome-wide reprogramming in the mouse germ line entails the base excision repair pathway.

BMP signaling controls formation of a primordial germ cell niche within the early genital ridges.

The Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of Gen1/Yen1 resolvases links DNA damage signaling to DNA double-strand break repair.

The conjugation-specific Die5 protein is required for development of the somatic nucleus in both Paramecium and Tetrahymena.

Sm proteins specify germ cell fate by facilitating oskar mRNA localization.

Embryonic germ cells from mice and rats exhibit properties consistent with a generic pluripotent ground state.

HIF-1 antagonizes p53-mediated apoptosis through a secreted neuronal tyrosinase.

Apoptosis: Lack of oxygen aids cell survival.

Somatic and germ cell proliferation during post-natal development of the testis in the wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa).

Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for stem cell biology.

PRP-17 and the pre-mRNA splicing pathway are preferentially required for the proliferation versus meiotic development decision and germline sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Spermatogenesis-defective (spe) mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans provide clues to solve the puzzle of male germline functions during reproduction.

Bazooka regulates microtubule organization and spatial restriction of germ plasm assembly in the Drosophila oocyte.