This Week in Evolution

← This Week in Evolution26 Apr · 53 min

TWiEVO 125: Evolution's egg timer

TWiEVO 125: Evolution's egg timer26 Apr53 min

Nels and Vincent discuss the development of a comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of early

embryogenesis from 61 animal species to understand the control of gene expression transitions from maternally deposited products to newly transcribed zygotic RNA.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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