Natural variation in the maternal and zygotic mRNA complements of the early embryo in Drosophila melanogaster
A. A. Feitzinger, A. Le, A. Thompson, M. Haseeb, M. K. Murugesan, A. M. Tang, S. E. Lott
This study examines natural variation in maternal and zygotic mRNA levels in Drosophila melanogaster across populations, finding greater conservation of maternal transcripts and higher evolutionary rate in zygotic transcripts.
bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2021Evolutionary Biology