Table 3.
Number of genes involved in cell cycle regulation and DNA repair that are maximally expressed in a given cell type at a given stage
| Pathway or process | Cell type with maximal expression | Stage of maximal expression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II-III | IV-V | VI | VIIa,b | VIIc,d | VIII | IX-XI | XII | XIII-XIV | Σ | ||
| Cell cycle | Pachytene spermatocytes | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 83 |
| Cell cycle | Round spermatids | 15 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
| DNA repair | Pachytene spermatocytes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| DNA repair | Round spermatids | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 |