More specifically, TEX11 may provide a physical link between chromosomal synapsis and meiotic recombination by interacting with SYCP2 in vivo, which is an indispensable component of the synaptonemal complex lateral elements, and defects in TEX11 caused apoptosis of spermatocytes at the pachytene stage and male infertility (6). Here, TEX11 is linked to male infertility.