Zygotic gene activation in the chicken occurs in two waves, the first involving only maternally derived genes

© 2018, Hwang et al..

The first wave of transcriptional activation occurs after fertilisation in a species-specific pattern. Despite its importance to initial embryonic development, the characteristics of transcription following fertilisation are poorly understood in Aves. Here, we report detailed insights into the onset of genome activation in chickens. We established that two waves of transcriptional activation occurred, one shortly after fertilisation and another at Eyal-Giladi and Kochav Stage V. We found 1544 single nucleotide polymorphisms across 424 transcripts derived from parents that were expressed in offspring during the early embryonic stages. Surprisingly, only the maternal genome was activated in the zygote, and the paternal genome remained silent until the second-wave, regardless of the presence of a paternal pronucleus or supernumerary sperm in the egg. The identified maternal genes involved in cleavage that were replaced by bi-allelic expression. The results demonstrate that only maternal alleles are activated in the chicken zygote upon fertilisation, which could be essential for early embryogenesis and evolutionary outcomes in birds.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

eLife - 7(2018) vom: 30. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hwang, Young Sun [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Minseok [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sang Kyung [VerfasserIn]
Bang, Sohyun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Heebal [VerfasserIn]
Han, Jae Yong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aves
Chicken
Developmental biology
Fertilization
Genetics
Genomics
Journal Article
Polyspermy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Zygote
Zygotic genome activation

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.03.2019

Date Revised 22.05.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.39381

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM290096650