Involved in several processes, including activation of meiosis; cellular response to retinoic acid; and germ cell development. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in central nervous system; ganglia; gonad; spleen primordium; and trophoblast giant cell. Orthologous to human STRA8 (stimulated by retinoic acid 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]