Tomohiro Kono

The paper identifies maternal transcripts linked to zygote developmental potential and demonstrates their use in predicting blastocyst formation with high specificity.

This study shows that Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation ensures symmetric organelle partitioning and faithful chromosome segregation in mouse zygotes.

The paper shows that paternal age affects offspring behavior through epigenetic changes in sperm DNA methylation, leading to altered gene expression and neuronal abnormalities.

The paper shows that transcription of Commd1 through the Zrsr1-DMR is required for its methylation, establishing a transcription-dependent mechanism for imprinted gene regulation.

This study investigates germ cell depletion in XY sex-reversed females by analyzing transcriptomes of primordial germ cells and oocytes, revealing developmental disruptions and gene expression changes.