Selected Publications

The mysteries of sexual identity: the germ cell’s perspective. Kimble J, Page DC (2007) Science
316: 400-1


Abnormal sperm in mice lacking the Taf7l gene. Cheng Y, Buffone MG, Kouadio M, Goodheart M, Page DC, Gerton GL, Davidson I, Wang PJ (2007) Mol Cell Biol 27: 2582-9

In germ cells of mouse embryonic ovaries, the decision to enter meiosis precedes premeiotic DNA replication. Baltus AE, Menke DB, Hu Y, Goodheart ML, Carpenter AE, de Rooig DG, Page DC (2006) Nat Genet 38: 1430-4

Has the chimpanzee Y chromosome been sequenced? Hughes JF, Skaletsky H, Rozen S, Wilson RK, Page DC (2006) Nat Genet 38: 853-4

High mutation rates have driven widespread architectural polymorphism among human Y chromosomes. Repping S, van Daalen SKM, Brown LG, Korver CM, Lange J, Marszalek JD, Pyntikova T, van der Veen F, Skaletsky H, Page DC, Rozen S (2006) Nat Genet 38: 463-7

Retinoic acid regulates sex-specific timing of meiotic initiation in mice. Koubova J, Menke DB, Zhou Q, Capel B, Griswold MD, Page DC (2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci 103: 2474-9

An X-to-autosome retrogene is required for spermatogenesis in mice. Bradley J, Baltus A, Skaletsky H, Royce-Tolland M, Dewar K, Page DC (2004) Nature Genetics 36: 872-876 | Supplementary Information

The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes.
Skaletsky H, Kuroda-Kawaguchi T, Minx PJ, Cordum HS, Hillier L, Brown LG, Repping S, Pyntikova T, Ali J, Bieri T, Chinwalla A, Delehaunty A, Delehaunty K, Du H, Fewell G, Fulton L, Fulton R, Graves T, Hou SF, Latrielle P, Leonard S, Mardis E, Maupin R, McPherson J, Miner T, Nash W, Nguyen C, Ozersky P, Pepin K, Rock S, Rohlfing T, Scott K, Schultz B, Strong C, Tin-Wollam A, Yang SP, Waterston RH, Wilson RK, Rozen S, Page DC (2003) Nature 423: 825-37 | Supplementary Information

Abundant gene conversion between arms of palindromes in human and ape Y chromosomes. Rozen S, Skaletsky H, Marszalek JD, Minx PJ, Cordum HS, Waterston RH, Wilson RK, Page DC (2003) Nature 423: 873-6 | Supplementary Information

Polymorphism for a 1.6-Mb deletion of the human Y chromosome persists through balance between recurrent mutation and haploid selection. Repping S, Skaletsky H, Brown L, van Daalen SK, Korver CM, Pyntikova T, Kuroda-Kawaguchi T, de Vries JW, Oates RD, Silber S, van der Veen F, Page DC, Rozen S (2003)Nat Genet 35: 247-51 | New and Views | Editorial

Sexual differentiation of germ cells in XX mouse gonads occurs in an anterior-to-posterior wave.
Menke DB, Koubova J, Page DC (2003) Dev Biol 262: 303-12

Incomplete reactivation of Oct4-related genes in mouse embryos cloned from somatic nuclei.
Bortvin A, Eggan K, Skaletsky H, Akutsu H, Berry DL, Yanagimachi R, Page DC, Jaenisch R (2003) Development 130: 1673-80


An abundance of X-linked genes expressed in spermatogonia. Wang PJ, McCarrey JR, Yang F, Page DC (2001) Nat Genet 27: 422-6

The AZFc region of the Y chromosome features massive palindromes and uniform recurrent deletions in infertile men. Kuroda-Kawaguchi T, Skaletsky H, Brown LG, Minx PJ, Cordum HS, Waterston RH, Wilson RK, Silber S, Oates R, Rozen S, Page DC (2001) Nat Genet 29: 279-86 | Supplementary Information

Unexpectedly similar rates of nucleotide substitution found in male and female hominids. Bohossian HB, Skaletsky H, Page DC (2000) Nature 406: 622-5

An azoospermic man with a de novo point mutation in the Y-chromosomal gene USP9Y. Sun C, Skaletsky H, Birren B, Devon K, Tang Z, Silber S, Oates R, Page DC (1999) Nat Genet 23: 429-32

Four evolutionary strata on the human X chromosome. Lahn BT, Page DC (1999) Science 286: 964-7

A proposed path by which genes common to mammalian X and Y chromosomes evolve to become X inactivated. Jegalian K, Page DC (1998) Nature 394: 776-80

Functional coherence of the human Y chromosome. Lahn BT, Page DC (1997) Science 278: 675-80

Sex-determining genes on mouse autosomes identified by linkage analysis of C57BL/6J-YPOS sex reversal. Eicher EM, Washburn LL, Schork NJ, Lee BK, Shown EP, Xu X, Dredge RD, Pringle MJ, Page DC (1996) Nat Genet 14: 206-9

Diverse spermatogenic defects in humans caused by Y chromosome deletions encompassing a novel RNA-binding protein gene. Reijo R, Lee TY, Salo P, Alagappan R, Brown LG, Rosenberg M, Rozen S, Jaffe T, Straus D, Hovatta O, et al. (1995) Nat Genet 10: 383-93

The human Y chromosome: a 43-interval map based on naturally occurring deletions. Vollrath D, Foote S, Hilton A, Brown LG, Beer-Romero P, Bogan JS, Page DC (1992) Science 258: 52-9

The human Y chromosome: overlapping DNA clones spanning the euchromatic region. Foote S, Vollrath D, Hilton A, Page DC (1992) Science 258: 60-6

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