Composition and regulation of maternal and zygotic transcriptomes reflects species-specific reproductive mode |
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Authors: | Shai S Shen-Orr Yitzhak Pilpel Craig P Hunter |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;(2) Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;(3) Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel |
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Abstract: | 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 reflect evolutionary and ecological forces. Maternally deposited transcripts rely on post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms for precise spatial and temporal expression in the embryo, whereas zygotic transcripts can use both transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. The differences in maternal contributions between animals may be associated with gene regulatory changes detectable by the size and complexity of the associated regulatory regions. |
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