Press and publications
March 2, 2011
“Vive le difference? Not at the level of DNA. Men must increase gene expression on their lone X-chromosome to match the two X's possessed by women. A new study explains just how men manage to do that.”
Mapping a Path to Genetics' Next Frontier
January 22, 2013
“So what keeps males alive in the absence of a backup X chromosome? In a telling model, male fruit flies manufacture a specialized transcription factor called MSL (short for male-specific lethal—as they would die without it).”