Acts upstream of or within several processes, including sex determination; single fertilization; and spermatid differentiation. Located in XY body; cytoplasm; and nucleus. Is expressed in spermatid and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 4. Orthologous to human SYCP3 (synaptonemal complex protein 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]