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Maternally transcribed genes

Posterior Group Genes and the Formation of Germ Plasm


Posterior group of maternal effect genes

  • Pole plasm anchor
  • Genes regulating Oskar mRNA localization
  • Genes acting downstream of Oskar
  • Protein that represses Oskar translation
  • Localized to pole plasm

    Maternally transcribed genes

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