An oocyte meiotic midbody cap is required for developmental competence in mice

Abstract Embryo development depends upon maternally derived materials. Mammalian oocytes undergo extreme asymmetric cytokinesis events, producing one large egg and two small polar bodies. During cytokinesis in somatic cells, the midbody and subsequent assembly of the midbody remnant, a signaling org...

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Main Authors: Gyu Ik Jung, Daniela Londoño-Vásquez, Sungjin Park, Ahna R. Skop, Ahmed Z. Balboula, Karen Schindler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43288-x