Regulatory principles governing the maternal-to-zygotic transition: insights from Drosophila melanogaster

The onset of metazoan development requires that two terminally differentiated germ cells, a sperm and an oocyte, become reprogrammed to the totipotent embryo, which can subsequently give rise to all the cell types of the adult organism. In nearly all animals, maternal gene products regulate the init...

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Main Authors: Danielle C. Hamm, Melissa M. Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2018-12-01
Series:Open Biology
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.180183