Maternal patterns of inheritance alter transcript expression in eggs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modifications to early development can lead to evolutionary diversification. The early stages of development are under maternal control, as mothers produce eggs loaded with nutrients, proteins and mRNAs that direct early embryogenesis. Maternally provided mRNAs are the only expressed genes in initial stages of development and are tightly regulated. Differences in maternal mRNA provisioning could lead to phenotypic changes in embryogenesis and ultimately evolutionary changes in development. However, the extent that maternal mRNA expression in eggs can vary is unknown for most developmental models. Here, we use a species with dimorphic development- where females make eggs and larvae of different sizes and life-history modes-to investigate the extent of variation in materna

SUBMITTER: Harry ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084599 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature