Evolution of maternal and zygotic mRNA complements in the early Drosophila embryo.

The earliest stages of animal development are controlled by maternally deposited mRNA transcripts and proteins. Once the zygote is able to transcribe its own genome, maternal transcripts are degraded, in a tightly regulated process known as the maternal to zygotic transition (MZT). While this proces...

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Main Authors: Joel Atallah, Susan E Lott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007838