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Sex matters in meiosis.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 21 Jun 2002
Hunt Patricia A, Hassold Terry J
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, fertilization typically involves the ovulation of one or a few eggs at one end of the female reproductive tract and the entry of millions of sperm at the other. Given this disparity in numbers, it might be expected that the more precious commodity-eggs-would be subject to more stringent quality-control mechanisms. However, information from engineered mutations of meiotic genes suggests just the...
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