Sentences with phrase «genes controlled oocyte»
When Murphy compared the genes turned off and on in oocytes and body cells of the same worm, however, she saw that two completely different sets of genes controlled oocyte and body - cell aging in C. elegans.
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Somehow, scientists know, the genes that control development — generally turned off in adult cells — get turned back on again by the oocyte, enabling the cell to take on the youthful potential of a newly fertilized egg.
Oocyte methylation is particularly involved in the control of parent - specific expression of imprinted genes.