10x Genonics single-cell RNA-seq of immature (P6) ID4-EGFP mouse spermatogonia & testis cells

To reveal distinct transcriptomes associated with spermatogonial stem cell renewal vs. initiation of differentiation, single-cell transcriptomes from P6 ID4-EGFP+ spermatogonia (sorted for brightest or dimmest) or unselected testis cells were used for Drop-Seq analysis. The GFP-bright and dim phenotypes exhibit distinct fates when assayed by transplantation, with ID4-EGFPbright cells highly enriched for SSCs, and ID4-EGFPdim cells enriched for progenitors. We used the 10x Genomics Chromium (a commercial Drop-Seq variant) to perform single-cell RNA-seq Overall design: Unselected or sorted P6 ID4-EGFP+ spermatogonia (sorted separately as EGFP-bright or EGFP-dim) were used for this study. Data are from a total of 13,094 cells.

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Hermann BP, Cheng K, Singh A, Roa-De La Cruz L, Mutoji KN, Chen IC, Gildersleeve H, Lehle JD, Mayo M, Westernströer B, Law NC, Oatley MJ, Velte EK, Niedenberger BA, Fritze D, Silber S, Geyer CB, Oatley JM, McCarrey JR