Table 3. Genes involved in oocyte development.

Gene symbol	Common name (homolog)	Functiona	References
nhk-1	Vrk family	Karysome formation	Cullen et al. (2005); Ivanovska et al. (2005)
baf	Banf	Karysome formation; links nuclear envelope and chromatin	Lancaster et al. (2007)
SRPK	SRPK	Karysome formation; kinase	Loh et al. (2012)
kdm5/lid	Kdm5	Karysome formation; trimethyl H3K4 histone demethylase	Zhaunova et al. (2016)
Su(var)205	HP1a	Heterochromatin-binding protein	Giauque and Bickel (2016)
piwi	Argonaute superfamily	piRNA binding	Giauque and Bickel (2016)
Su(var)3-9	SUV39	H3K9 methyltransferase	Giauque and Bickel (2016)
eggless	SetDB	H3K9 methyltransferase	Giauque and Bickel (2016)
polo	Plk1-4	Spindle assembly; chromosome alignment; GVBD	Xiang et al. (2007); Das et al. (2016)
mtrm		Inhibitor of Polo kinase	Harris et al. (2003); Xiang et al. (2007), Bonner et al. (2013); Whitfield et al. (2013)
endos	Ensa	GVDB; spindle formation; chromosome alignment	Von Stetina et al. (2008)
twe	Germline-specific version of CDC25	GVBD; chromosome alignment; spindle assembly; cell cycle	Alphey et al. (1992); Courtot et al. (1992), White-Cooper et al. (1993); Xiang et al. (2007)
gwl	MastL	Polo regulator	Archambault et al. (2007)
elgi	Nrdp1	GVDB; predicted E3 ubiquitin ligase	Von Stetina et al. (2008)
Wispy	Gld-2	Cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase; mRNA regulation	Brent et al. (2000); Cui et al. (2008)

GVBD, germinal vesicle breakdown.

^aMost likely function based on genetic, biochemical, or cytological data.