Transcriptomic profiles of the maternal-to-zygotic transition for Drosophila embryos exposed to acute and chronic heat stress.
Heat stress challenges embryo survival, but the molecular reasons for this are unclear. We investigated how heat stress alters the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) during Drosophila melanogaster development. Using RNA sequencing, we characterized the MZT under nonstress, acute, and chronic heat stress conditions. M...