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Single cell analysis of sister blastomeres of parthenogenetic 2-cell mouse embryos respecting pair associations

ABSTRACT: Following fertilization in mammals, it is generally accepted that totipotent cells are exclusive to the zygote and to each of the two blastomeres originating from the first mitotic division. We counter that this classic view needs to be revised, because we have presented compelling evidence that the sister blastomeres are both totipotent in only a subset of 2-cell stage mouse embryos (PMID 28811525). Building on our previous findings, we here ask the question if the interblastomere differences depend - at least in part - on the contribution of sperm, since the area of sperm entry is inherited preferentially by one blastomere. To this end, we created sister 2-cell stage blastomeres without sperm entry point, by parthenogenesis. We compare the transcriptomes of the sister blastomeres, to see if the interblastomere mRNA differences observed after fertilization (GSE94050) are still there when the sperm entry point is missing.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE111589 | GEO | 2019/07/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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