Pushing the (nuclear) envelope into meiosis. [PDF]
, 2013 A recent study shows that a short isoform of a mammalian nuclear lamin is important for homologous chromosome interactions during meiotic prophase in ...
Dernburg, Abby F
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Meiosis: How Male Flies Do Meiosis [PDF]
Current Biology, 2002 In meiosis in male fruitflies, chromosome pairing events do not facilitate genetic exchange, but rather create bivalents that can be sequestered to discrete pockets of the prophase nucleus. This assignment of homologs to a common pocket likely facilitates the orientation of homologous centromeres to opposite poles.
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Distinct and Overlapping Requirements for Cyclins A, B, and B3 in Drosophila Female Meiosis
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2016 Meiosis, like mitosis, depends on the activity of the cyclin dependent kinase Cdk1 and its cyclin partners. Here, we examine the specific requirements for the three mitotic cyclins, A, B, and B3 in meiosis of Drosophila melanogaster.
Mohammed Bourouh +5 more
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Cold-induced male meiotic restitution in Arabidopsis thaliana is not mediated by GA-DELLA signaling [PDF]
, 2018 Short periods of cold stress induce male meiotic restitution and diploid pollen formation in Arabidopsis thaliana by specifically interfering with male meiotic cytokinesis.
De Storme, Nico +2 more
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Meiosis-specific cohesin component, Stag3 is essential for maintaining centromere chromatid cohesion, and required for DNA repair and synapsis between homologous chromosomes. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 Cohesins are important for chromosome structure and chromosome segregation during mitosis and meiosis. Cohesins are composed of two structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC1-SMC3) proteins that form a V-shaped heterodimer structure, which is bridged by
Jessica Hopkins +8 more
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On the origin of trisomy 21 Down syndrome [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Down syndrome, characterized by an extra chromosome 21 is the most common genetic cause for congenital malformations and learning disability.
Hultén, Maj A. +6 more
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Positive feedback of NDT80 expression ensures irreversible meiotic commitment in budding yeast. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 In budding yeast, meiotic commitment is the irreversible continuation of the developmental path of meiosis. After reaching meiotic commitment, cells finish meiosis and gametogenesis, even in the absence of the meiosis-inducing signal. In contrast, if the
Dai Tsuchiya, Yang Yang, Soni Lacefield
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Separase Control and Cohesin Cleavage in Oocytes: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Cells, 2022 The key to gametogenesis is the proper execution of a specialized form of cell division named meiosis. Prior to the meiotic divisions, the recombination of maternal and paternal chromosomes creates new genetic combinations necessary for fitness and ...
Katja Wassmann
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Wellcome Open Research, 2017 Background Gametes are generated through a specialized cell division called meiosis, in which ploidy is reduced by half because two consecutive rounds of chromosome segregation, meiosis I and meiosis II, occur without intervening DNA replication.
Colette Fox +3 more
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Haploid meiosis in Arabidopsis: double-strand breaks are formed and repaired but without synapsis and crossovers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Two hallmark features of meiosis are i) the formation of crossovers (COs) between homologs and ii) the production of genetically-unique haploid spores that will fuse to restore the somatic ploidy level upon fertilization.
Marta Cifuentes +4 more
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