The evolutionarily conserved PhLP3 is essential for sperm development in Drosophila melanogaster

• Christopher Petit,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Elizabeth Kojak,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Current address: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Samantha Webster,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3701-7064

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• Michela Marra,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Brendan Sweeney,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Current address: George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9196-1240

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• Claire Chaikin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Driskill Life Sciences Graduate Program, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9478-4728

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• Jennifer C. Jemc ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: skanzok@luc.edu (SMK); jmierisch@luc.edu (JCJ)

  ¶‡ JCJ and SMK are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Bioinformatics Program, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Stefan M. Kanzok

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: skanzok@luc.edu (SMK); jmierisch@luc.edu (JCJ)

  ¶‡ JCJ and SMK are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Bioinformatics Program, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-9197

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