Prc1-rich kinetochores are required for error-free acentrosomal spindle bipolarization during meiosis I in mouse oocytes

Oocyte meiosis must achieve spindle bipolarization without predefined spatial cues. Yoshida et al. demonstrate that spindle bipolarization during meiosis I in mouse oocytes requires kinetochores to prevent chromosome segregation errors, a phenomenon that does not occur in error-prone human oocytes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shuhei Yoshida, Sui Nishiyama, Lisa Lister, Shu Hashimoto, Tappei Mishina, Aurélien Courtois, Hirohisa Kyogoku, Takaya Abe, Aki Shiraishi, Meenakshi Choudhary, Yoshiharu Nakaoka, Mary Herbert, Tomoya S. Kitajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16488-y
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Summary:Oocyte meiosis must achieve spindle bipolarization without predefined spatial cues. Yoshida et al. demonstrate that spindle bipolarization during meiosis I in mouse oocytes requires kinetochores to prevent chromosome segregation errors, a phenomenon that does not occur in error-prone human oocytes.
ISSN:2041-1723