Regulation of asymmetrical cytokinesis by cAMP during meiosis I in mouse oocytes.

Mammalian oocytes undergo an asymmetrical first meiotic division, extruding half of their chromosomes in a small polar body to preserve maternal resources for embryonic development. To divide asymmetrically, mammalian oocytes relocate chromosomes from the center of the cell to the cortex, but little...

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Main Authors: Dawei Chen, Yuanwei Zhang, Qiyi Yi, Yun Huang, Heli Hou, Yingyin Zhang, Qiaomei Hao, Howard J Cooke, Lei Li, Qingyuan Sun, Qinghua Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3256179?pdf=render