# Maternal to zygotic transition

> process in which the biological development of an organism is taken over by the expression of zygotic (or embryonic) transcripts in contrast with inherited maternal transcripts

**Wikidata**: [Q6786633](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6786633)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_to_zygotic_transition)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/maternal-to-zygotic-transition


## References

1. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)