1. Li L, Lu X, Dean J (2013) The maternal to zygotic transition in mammals. Mol Asp Med 34(5):919–938. doi:
10.1016/j.mam.2013.01.003
2. Bachvarova R, Cohen EM, De Leon V, Tokunaga K, Sakiyama S, Paynton BV (1989) Amounts and modulation of actin mRNAs in mouse oocytes and embryos. Development 106(3):561–565
3. Bouniol C, Nguyen E, Debey P (1995) Endogenous transcription occurs at the 1-cell stage in the mouse embryo. Exp Cell Res 218(1):57–62
4. Braude P, Bolton V, Moore S (1988) Human gene expression first occurs between the four-and eight-cell stages of preimplantation development. Nature 332(6163):459–461
5. Davis D (1984) Culture and storage of pig embryos. J Reprod Fertil Suppl 33:115–124