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A) Expression levels of maternal and paternal
prep1 and
pbx2 transcripts during early zebrafish embryogenesis (from [
Harvey et al., 2013]). Until 3.5hpf, transcripts from the paternal allele (which requires zygotic activation) are not detected, demonstrating that only maternal
prep and
pbx transcripts are present prior to this time point. (
B) RT-PCR analysis on 0–1.25hpf, 3.5hpf and 9hpf zebrafish embryos demonstrating that
prep1.1, prep1.2, pbx2 and
pbx4 transcripts are maternally deposited. (
C) Density plot illustrating the distance between each Prep
12hpf-only peak and its nearest Prep
3.5hpf peak. Peaks located >100 kb from a Prep
3.5hpf peak are not shown (of 16,500 Prep
12hpf-only peaks, 2,138 [13%] are located at >100 kb). p=1.85 E-11 (Chi-square comparison to shuffled peaks).