Composition and regulation of maternal and zygotic transcriptomes reflects species-specific reproductive mode.docVIP

Shen-Orr et al. Genome Biology 2010, 11:R58 /2010/11/6/R58 RESEARCH Open Access Composition and regulation of maternal and Research zygotic transcriptomes reflects species-specific reproductive mode Shai S Shen-Orr1,2, Yitzhak Pilpel3 and Craig P Hunter*1 Abstract Background: Early embryos contain mRNA transcripts expressed from two distinct origins; those expressed from the mothers genome and deposited in the oocyte (maternal) and those expressed from the embryos genome after fertilization (zygotic). The transition from maternal to zygotic control occurs at different times in different ani