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Yale University: Tracking Life's First Step - Two Molecules 'Awaken' Brand New Genome
June 18, 2019
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 18 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release:

Within hours after fertilization, a unique genome forms from chromosomes contributed by the egg and sperm. However, this new genome is initially inactive and must be "awakened" to begin the transcription of its DNA and start embryonic development. How life's first step happens has long fascinated developmental biologists.

"This is the beginning of li . . .

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