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Low egg quality and embryonic survival are critical challenges in aquaculture, where assisted reproduction procedures and other factors may impact egg quality. This includes European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ), where pituitary extract from carp (CPE) or salmon (SPE) is applied to override a dopaminergic inhibition of the neuroendocrine system, preventing gonadotropin secretion and gonadal development. The present study used either CPE or SPE to induce vitellogenesis in female European eel and compared impacts on egg quality and offspring developmental competence with emphasis on the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT). Females treated with SPE produced significantly higher proportions of floating eggs with fewer cleavage abnormalities and higher embryonic survival. These findings related successful embryogenesis to higher abundance of mRNA transcripts of genes involved in cell adhesion, activation of MZT, and immune response ( dcbld1 ,  epcam ,  oct4 ,  igm ) throughout embryonic development. The abundance of mRNA transcripts of  cldnd ,  foxr1 ,  cea ,  ccna1 ,  ccnb1 ,  ccnb2 ,  zar1 ,  oct4 , and  npm2  was relatively stable during the first eight hours, followed by a drop during MZT and low levels thereafter, indicating transfer and subsequent clearance of maternal mRNA. mRNA abundance of  zar1 ,  epcam , and  dicer1  was associated with cleavage abnormalities, while mRNA abundance of  zar1 ,  sox2 ,  foxr1 ,  cldnd ,  phb2 ,  neurod4 , and  neurog1  (before MZT) was associated with subsequent embryonic survival. In a second pattern, low initial mRNA abundance with an increase during MZT and higher levels persisting thereafter indicating the activation of zygotic transcription. mRNA abundance of  ccna1 ,  npm2 ,  oct4 ,  neurod4 , and  neurog1  during later embryonic development was associated with hatch success. A deviating pattern was observed for  dcbld1 , which mRNA levels followed the maternal-effect gene pattern but only for embryos from SPE treated females. Together, the differences in offspring production and performance reported in this study show that PE composition impacts egg quality and embryogenesis and in particular, the transition from initial maternal transcripts to zygotic transcription.

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Differential impacts of carp and salmon pituitary extracts on induced oogenesis, egg quality, molecular ontogeny and embryonic developmental competence in European eel