Identification of New Regulators of the Oocyte-to-Embryo Transition in Drosophila

At the oocyte-to-embryo transition the highly differentiated oocyte arrested in meiosis becomes a totipotent embryo capable of embryogenesis. Oocyte maturation (release of the prophase I primary arrest) and egg activation (release from the secondary meiotic arrest and the trigger for the oocyte-to-e...

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Main Authors: Emir E. Avilés-Pagán, Albert S. W. Kang, Terry L. Orr-Weaver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2020-09-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
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Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.120.401415