The functions of three Aurora kinases in mammalian oocytes and reproduction discovered

The functions of three Aurora kinases in mammalian oocytes and reproduction discovered

26. 10. 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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Objev funkce 3 Aurora kinaz
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.