"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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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zygote" by people in Profiles.
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Assortative mating enhances postzygotic barriers to gene flow via ancestry bundling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 07 26; 119(30):e2122179119.
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Modulating RhoA effectors induces transitions to oscillatory and more wavelike RhoA dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans zygotes. Mol Biol Cell. 2022 05 15; 33(6):ar58.
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Postzygotic inactivating mutations of RHOA cause a mosaic neuroectodermal syndrome. Nat Genet. 2019 10; 51(10):1438-1441.
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The dPix-Git complex is essential to coordinate epithelial morphogenesis and regulate myosin during Drosophila egg chamber development. PLoS Genet. 2019 05; 15(5):e1008083.
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Rapid diffusion-state switching underlies stable cytoplasmic gradients in the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 09 04; 115(36):E8440-E8449.
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"Gamete On" for m6A: YTHDF2 Exerts Essential Functions in Female Fertility. Mol Cell. 2017 Sep 21; 67(6):903-905.
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Protein Clustering Shapes Polarity Protein Gradients. Dev Cell. 2017 08 21; 42(4):309-311.
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Rates, distribution and implications of postzygotic mosaic mutations in autism spectrum disorder. Nat Neurosci. 2017 09; 20(9):1217-1224.
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m6A-dependent maternal mRNA clearance facilitates zebrafish maternal-to-zygotic transition. Nature. 2017 02 23; 542(7642):475-478.
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Zygote injection of CRISPR/Cas9 RNA successfully modifies the target gene without delaying blastocyst development or altering the sex ratio in pigs. Transgenic Res. 2017 Feb; 26(1):97-107.