Developmental BiologybioRxiv
Early genome activation in Drosophila is extensive with an initial tendency for aborted transcripts and retained introns
Jamie C. Kwasnieski, Terry L. Orr‐Weaver, David P. Bartel
The paper identifies early transcripts during Drosophila zygotic genome activation, showing they are short, frequently aborted, and have retained introns.
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