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vasa gene expression pattern during oogenesis of zebrafish was examined usingin situ hybridization and fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR. During zebrafish oogensis,vasa mRNA is expressed strongly and uniformly distributed in the cytoplasm in stage II oocytes, followed by a distribution among vacuome in stage III. Later in stage IV and V,vasa mRNA is enriched at the cortex and finally localized at the cortex. The fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR shows that the quantity ofvasa mRNA decreases from stage II to stage III, but remains relatively invariable from stage III to stage V. The observed differences invasa mRNA expression in the different stages of zebrafish oogenesis suggest thatvasa gene plays an important role during oogenesis.
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Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30370744, 30150005)
Biography: XIANG Fang (1979-), male, Master candidate, research direction: molecular development of animals.
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Fang, X., Yan, Z., Wen-xuan, Z. et al. The expression ofvasa gene during zebrafish (Danio rerio) oogenesis. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 9, 979–982 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850812
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850812