Maternal-effect genes are
A) transcribed and translated in the embryo.
B) transcribed and translated during oogenesis.
C) transcribed during oogenesis and translated during embryonic development.
D) transcribed during oogenesis and translated prior to fertilisation.
E) transcribed during oogenesis and translated during organogenesis.

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Maternal-effect genes are transcribed during oogenesis, and their mRNA is stored in the egg to be translated during early embryonic development, providing essential proteins for the embryo's initial stages.

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