Table 1.

Biological interpretation of the 34 clusters obtained from discrete transition profiles

Experiment	Profiles	Nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio NC	Gene number	Biological interpretation
Pilot	ddss		35
Lu	ddDddH	NC	41	Maternal mRNA degraded during cellularisation
Lu	ddDdsH	Maternal clock	165
Pilot	dsss		885
Lu	dsDdsH	NC	37	Maternal mRNA degraded during slow phase of cellularisation
Lu	dsDssH	Maternal clock	406
Pilot	dssu		11	Maternal mRNA degraded during slow phase of cellularisation
				and zygotic mRNAs transcription during late phase of gastrulation
Lu	dsDsuH	Maternal clock	163
Pilot	dsus		13	Maternal mRNA degraded during slow phase of cellularisation and zygotic mRNAs transcription during early phase of gastrulation
Pilot	duss		66	Maternal mRNA degraded during slow phase of cellularisation and zygotic mRNAs transcription during fast phase of cellularisation
Pilot	sdds		23
Lu	sdDsdH	NC	91
Lu	sdDddH	Maternal clock	61	Maternal mRNA degraded from fast phase of cellularisation
Lu	sdDdsH	Maternal clock	97
Pilot	sdss		415
Pilot	ssdd		12
Lu	ssDsdH	Horloge maternelle	111	Maternal mRNA degraded from early phase of gastrulation
Pilot	ssds		22
Pilot	sssd		77	Maternal mRNA degraded from late phase of gastrulation
Pilot	sssu		28	Zygotic mRNAs transcription during late phase of gastrulation
Pilot	ssus		21	Zygotic mRNAs transcription during early phase of gastrulation
Lu	ssDsuH	Maternal clock	164
Pilot	suss		75	Zygotic mRNAs transcription during fast phase of cellularisation
Pilot	suus		11
Lu	suDsuH	NC	154
Lu	suDuuH	Maternal clock	47
Pilot	udss*		23	Transient zygotic mRNAs transcription during cellularisation
Pilot	ussd*		16
Pilot	usss*		87
Pilot	uuss*		23
Lu	usDusH*	NC	14	Zygotic mRNAs transcription during slow phase of cellularisation
Lu	usDssH*	Maternal clock	24
Lu	uuDuuH*	NC	60
Lu	uuDusH*	Maternal clock	27

Stars beside the discrete profiles indicate clusters merged into the ZGA cluster.