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CELL
Volume 153, Issue 4, Pages 773-784Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.041
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- 973 Program of China [2011CB510101]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [91219104, 81171902]
- CAS [XDA01040407]
- 100 Talents Project
- NSFC [91231112, 31171244, 31200958]
- CAS Excellent Youth Scholars [KSCX2-EW-Q-5-2]
- National Institutes of Health [HG006827]
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5-methylcytosine is a major epigenetic modification that is sometimes called the fifth nucleotide.'' However, our knowledge of how offspring inherit the DNA methylonne from parents is limited. We generated nine single-base resolution DNA methylomes, including zebrafish gametes and early embryos. The oocyte methylome is significantly hypomethylated compared to sperm. Strikingly, the paternal DNA methylation pattern is maintained throughout early embryogenesis. The maternal DNA methylation pattern is maintained until the 16-cell stage. Then, the oocyte methylome is gradually discarded through cell division and is progressively reprogrammed to a pattern similar to that of the sperm methylonne. The passive demethylation rate and the de novo methylation rate are similar in the maternal DNA. By the midblastula stage, the embryo's methylome is virtually identical to the sperm methylome. Moreover, inheritance of the sperm methylonne facilitates the epigenetic regulation of embryogenesis. Therefore, besides DNA sequences, sperm DNA methylome is also inherited in zebrafish early embryos.
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