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Table 1 Summary of the histone modification in testis of D. melanogaster

From: Histone modifications in the male germ line of Drosophilaa

Antiserum Germline    Soma (testis)  
  Gonia Spermatocytes Spermatids Polytene Diploid
H3K4me2     early EU
H3K9me1 * * increasing, NO %   EU
H3K9me2 * HET ° * (+) decreasing very early -- ZERO -- HET °
H3K9me3 (*) # Y chromosome ° % HET + dots HET
H3K9ac (+) Y chromosome ° early EU (+)
H3K27me1 (*) X, autosomes   HET ° & EU
H3K27me2 (*) X, autosomes   EU EU
H3K27me3 HET X, autosomes ° early % EU EU
H3K36me2 - ZERO - (+) -- ZERO -- EU  
H3K36me3     -- ZERO --  
H4K20me1 - ZERO - X, autosomes ° early EU (dots) ° EU (dots) °
H4K20me2 - ZERO - ° early,
asymmetric °%
EU HET
H4K20me3 - ZERO - increasing, NO early% -- ZERO -- EU
H4K5ac ## (+) (+) -- ZERO --  
H4K12ac   X, autosomes ° ° (+)  
H4K16ac early -- ZERO -- early° (+) &
H3S10p   dots ° early  
  1. -- ZERO --: no reaction.
  2. (…): parenteses: weak reaction.
  3. #: hub cells strong reaction.
  4. ##: hub cells only.
  5. *: cytoplasm.
  6. Early: early developmental stages.
  7. EU: euchromatin only.
  8. HET: heterochromatin only.
  9. NO: nucleolus strongly labeled.
  10. PM: postmeiotic stages (according to [2].
  11. &: particularly strong reaction in bulb cells.
  12. %: nuclei during meiotic divisions labeled.
  13. Dot: spotted label.
  14. Increasing: increasing label intensity with age.
  15. Decreasing: decreasing label intensity with age.
  16. Asymmetric: decreasing from basis to tip of elongating spermatid nucleus.
  17. °: shown in the figures.