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Chromatin dynamics at the maternal to zygotic transition: recent advances from the zebrafish model.

ABSTRACT: Early animal development is characterized by intense reorganization of the embryonic genome, including large-scale changes in chromatin structure and in the DNA and histone modifications that help shape this structure. Particularly profound shifts in the chromatin landscape are associated with the maternal-to-zygotic transition, when the zygotic genome is first transcribed and maternally loaded transcripts are degraded. The accessibility of the early zebrafish embryo facilitates the interrogation of chromatin during this critical window of development, making it an important model for early chromatin regulation. Here, we review our current understanding of chromatin dynamics during early zebrafish development, highlighting new advances as well as similarities and differences between early chromatin regulation in zebrafish and other species.

SUBMITTER: Akdogan-Ozdilek B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262572 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chromatin dynamics at the maternal to zygotic transition: recent advances from the zebrafish model.

Akdogan-Ozdilek Bagdeser B Duval Katherine L KL Goll Mary G MG

F1000Research 20200428

Early animal development is characterized by intense reorganization of the embryonic genome, including large-scale changes in chromatin structure and in the DNA and histone modifications that help shape this structure. Particularly profound shifts in the chromatin landscape are associated with the maternal-to-zygotic transition, when the zygotic genome is first transcribed and maternally loaded transcripts are degraded. The accessibility of the early zebrafish embryo facilitates the interrogatio ...[more]

PMID: 32528656

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