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Composition and regulation of maternal and zygotic transcriptomes reflects species-specific reproductive mode
1 Jun 2010
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BACKGROUND: Early embryos contain mRNA transcripts expressed from two distinct origins; those expressed from the mother's genome and deposited in the oocyte (maternal) and those expressed from the embryo's genome after fertilization (zygotic). The transition from maternal to zygotic control occurs at different times in different animals according to the extent and form of maternal contributions, which likely...
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