The functions of three Aurora kinases in mammalian oocytes and reproduction discovered
The functions of three Aurora kinases in mammalian oocytes and reproduction discovered
Fri Oct 26 20:46:18 CEST 2018
Females reproduce by making eggs in their ovaries. The process of making an egg involves an oocyte precursor completing two rounds of chromosome segregation, a process called meiosis
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Article in Current Biology.
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The figure shows erroneous chromosome segregation in the oocyte in which genes coding Aurora B and C were functionally disrupted. The oocyte was imaged using confocal microscope and selected time points of meiotic maturation are shown.