Evolved Differences in <i>cis</i> and <i>trans</i> Regulation Between the Maternal and Zygotic mRNA Complements in the <i>Drosophila</i> Embryo
Emily L. Cartwright, Susan E. Lott
Abstract
Abstract The critical processes of early development require gene products that mothers deposit into eggs, before the zygotic genome is transcriptionally activated. Here, Cartwright and Lott determine that patterns of gene regulatory evolution differ for transcripts .....
Topics & Concepts
BiologyZygoteMaternal to zygotic transitionEmbryoGeneGeneticsGenomeRegulation of gene expressionDrosophila (subgenus)Messenger RNAEvolutionary biologyEmbryogenesisRNA Research and SplicingRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics