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Sherilyn Grill

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0003-3201-0214Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 18, 2026

Decoupling Transcription from Cell Fate Preserves Germ Cell Totipotency

Sherilyn Grill, Arjuna Rajakumar, Anais Tsai…·Ruth Lehmann

The paper shows that Drosophila germ cells maintain totipotency by transcribing an embryo-like program but repressing its translation through Nanos.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.17.752471

Drosophilabulk RNA-seq

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedSep 19, 2023

Young gene HP6/Umbrea is dispensable for viability and fertility

Sherilyn Grill, Ashley Riley, Monica Selvaraj, Ruth Lehmann

The paper shows that the young gene HP6 is not essential for viability or fertility in Drosophila, challenging the idea that young genes often have essential functions.

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Drosophilaexperimental assay

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