Predicted to enable DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in female meiotic nuclear division and male meiotic nuclear division. Predicted to act upstream of or within fertilization; male genitalia morphogenesis; and negative regulation of apoptotic process. Located in lateral element. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 1. Orthologous to human SYCP2 (synaptonemal complex protein 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]