I would like to add more information for the gene Yemalpha as more publications are coming soon on the function of this gene. Discoverer : Ounissa AIT-AHMED Etymology: I called this gene yemanuclein-alpha because it is the first gene of the yema cluster(Aït-Ahmed et al, 1987) to be analyzed and it encodes an oocyte specific nuclear protein. Yema means mother in kabyle (the discoverer's mother tongue).