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Disruption of this transition has the potential to alter developmental trajectories with lasting consequences. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), environmentally persistent contaminants, have been linked to developmental abnormalities, yet their impact on core embryonic gene regulatory networks especially with exposure during MZT is not well understood. Using zebrafish (\n                    <jats:italic>Danio rerio<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), a tractable vertebrate model and New Approach Methodology (NAM), we investigated how PFAS exposure during the MZT alters early developmental programming. Embryos were exposed starting at different times before and within the MZT time window and collected at 24\u00a0h post-fertilization (hpf) for transcriptomic analysis. Targeted qRT-PCR revealed dysregulation of genes controlling transcriptional activation, lineage specification, proliferation, and differentiation. Whole-transcriptome RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) further identified widespread perturbations in gene networks governing transcriptional regulation, cell signaling, and embryonic morphogenesis. Temporal analysis revealed that exposure beginning at 3.5\u00a0hpf, followed by 8\u00a0hpf, corresponding to early zygotic genome activation and near completion of zygotic activation, respectively, resulted in the greatest differential gene expression changes at 24\u00a0hpf. Consistent with these early gene regulatory perturbations, larvae exposed starting at 8\u00a0hpf also exhibited altered behavior at 5\u00a0days post-fertilization. Together, these findings demonstrate that PFAS exposure during MZT disrupts the establishment of embryonic gene regulatory networks, linking environmental toxicant exposure to altered developmental patterning and organismal outcomes. 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