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

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