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Risa Takenaka

University of WashingtonORCID 0000-0003-2177-6759Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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GeneticsGeneticsPeer-reviewedFeb 5, 2026

The Drosophila maternal-effect gene abnormal oocyte (ao) does not repress histone gene expression

Risa Takenaka, Eric H. Albanese, Sierra M. Simmerman…·Harmit Singh Malik

The paper investigates the role of the Drosophila maternal-effect gene ao in histone gene repression and finds that ao does not repress histone gene expression.

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