Double Maternal Effect: Duplicated Nucleoplasmin 2 Genes, npm2a And npm2b, Are Shared By Fish And Tetrapods, And Have Distinct And Essential Roles In Early Embryogenesis
C. T. Cheung, J. Pasquier, A. Bouleau, T.-V. Nguyen, F. Chesnel, Y. Guiguen, J. Bobe
This paper identifies two duplicated npm2 genes, npm2a and npm2b, in vertebrates, showing their evolutionary origins and distinct essential roles in early embryogenesis.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2017Evolutionary Biology