Ensuring continuity of the paternal genome: potential roles for spermatozoal RNA in mammalian embryogenesis.

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The mammalian male gamete is traditionally considered to be a less complex cell than its female counterpart, primarily because all development (bar oocyte activation) is thought to be initiated by the egg. However, the spermatozoon is exquisitely specialised to deliver the paternal genome to the oocyte and, in this respect, is pared down to carry out that job as efficiently as possible. As such, it is...

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