The study provided strong molecular evidence that fertilization of oocytes was accompanied by cytoplasmic polyadenylation and deadenylation of mRNA that determined the length of the poly(A ...

Here we show that human male gametes pass over more to the oocyte than just the haploid male genome — paternal messenger RNAs are also delivered to the egg at fertilization. If these transcripts ...

During the oocyte-to-embryo transition (OET), the length of the mRNA poly(A) tail is closely linked to its translational efficiency. Regulation of the poly(A) tail is essential for selective ...