Table 1

Spermatid stages at which HP1α, HP1β and HP1γ protein expression was extinguished.

Protein

Spermatid stage number

7

8

9

10

11

HP1α

+

-

-

-

-

HP1β

+

+

+

+

-

HP1γ

+

+

+

+

-

Brown et al. Epigenetics & Chromatin 2010 3:9   doi:10.1186/1756-8935-3-9