Comparison of animal-blastomeres' RNA content to vegetal-most half of vegetal blastomeres' RNA content at the 8-cell stage of Xenopus laevis embryos to identify animal-enriched transcripts

In Xenopus laevis, a number of studies identified vegetal factors that specify the germ line, endoderm and dorsal axis, but there are few studies demonstrating roles for animal-enriched maternal mRNAs.

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Grant PA, Yan B, Johnson MA, Johnson DL, Moody SA