"Zygote" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The fertilized OVUM resulting from the fusion of a male and a female gamete.
| Descriptor ID |
D015053
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.690.970 A11.497.497.950 A16.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Zygote- Zygote
- Zygotes
- Fertilized Ovum
- Ovum, Fertilized
- Fertilized Egg
- Egg, Fertilized
- Eggs, Fertilized
- Fertilized Eggs
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zygote" by people in Profiles.
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Maternal loss of mouse Nlrp2 alters the transcriptome and DNA methylome in GV oocytes and impairs zygotic genome activation in embryos. Clin Epigenetics. 2025 Jun 03; 17(1):92.
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An oocyte-specific Cas9-expressing mouse for germline CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing. Genesis. 2024 04; 62(2):e23589.
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Deletion of Porcn in mice leads to multiple developmental defects and models human focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome). PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e32331.
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Autophagy occurs upstream or parallel to the apoptosome during histolytic cell death. Development. 2006 Apr; 133(8):1457-65.
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Difference in the maternal and zygotic contributions of tumorhead on embryogenesis. Dev Biol. 2003 Mar 15; 255(2):290-302.
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Lack of enhancer function in mammals is unique to oocytes and fertilized eggs. J Biol Chem. 1999 Mar 19; 274(12):8002-11.
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Stable interaction between the products of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumor suppressor genes in mitotic and meiotic cells. Mol Cell. 1998 Sep; 2(3):317-28.
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Regulation of gene expression at the beginning of mammalian development. J Biol Chem. 1995 Sep 22; 270(38):22077-80.
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Requirements for DNA transcription and replication at the beginning of mouse development. J Cell Biochem. 1994 May; 55(1):59-68.
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Application of firefly luciferase to preimplantation development. Methods Enzymol. 1993; 225:412-33.