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Young gene HP6/Umbrea is dispensable for viability and fertility

2023-05-25

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Studies of the young gene Heterochromatin Protein 6 (HP6) have challenged the dogma that essential functions are only seen in genes with a long evolutionary history. Based on its prominent expression in Drosophila germ cells, we asked if HP6 might play a role in germline development. Surprisingly, we found that CRISPR-generated HP6 null mutants are viable and fertile. We identified an independent lethal allele and...

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Literature Corpus work: e964e925-d3af-5525-832a-01b64717d710
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.24.542211

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