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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis
SUBMITTER: Ludger Klein-Hitpass
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21109 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kosubek Anna A Klein-Hitpass Ludger L Rademacher Katrin K Horsthemke Bernhard B Ryffel Gerhart U GU
PloS one 20101022 10
As first shown more than 100 years ago, fertilization of an aged (overripe) egg increases the rate of malformations and embryonic loss in several vertebrates, including possibly humans as well. Since the molecular events in aging eggs may be similar in these species, we established in the frog Xenopus tropicalis a defined protocol for delayed fertilization of eggs. A three-hour delayed fertilization led to a dramatic increase in malformation and mortality. Gene expression profiling revealed that ...[more]