Lisbeth C. Olsen

TL;DR: It is shown that multiple genomic features including transposon diversity, developmental gene repertoire, physical gene order, and intron-exon organization are shattered in the tunicate Oikopleura, belonging to the sister group of vertebrates and retaining chordate morphology.

TL;DR: Zebrafish was chosen as a model to gain insight into the early events in vertebrate germline development, and two zebrafish vasa-related genes were isolated, pl10a and vlg.

TL;DR: It is shown in this report that the predicted amino acid sequence of the human uracil‐DNA glycosylase shows a striking similarity to the other uracils of phylogenetically distant species, indicating that uracIL‐DNA Glycosylases from phylogenetic distant species are highly conserved.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that, when oskar mRNA reaches the posterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte, its translation is derepressed by an active process that requires a specific element in the 5' region of the mRNA that is a translational derepressor element.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the same gene encodes nuclear and mitochondrial uracil-DNA glycosylase and that the signals for mitochondrial translocation resides in the presequence, whereas signals for nuclear import are within the mature protein.