Maternal Genes And Letting Go Of The DNApron Strings
Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 01:40
in Biology & Nature
How does a mother transition genetic control to offspring early in development? It's part of a larger mystery regarding how embryos regulate cell division and differentiation into new types of cells.A new article in Cell provides some insight into the mechanism for this genetic hand-off, which happens within hours of fertilization, when the newly fertilized egg is a zygote. read more