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Live imaging RNAi screen reveals genes essential for meiosis in mammalian oocytes.
Nature - 13 Aug 2015
Pfender Sybille, Kuznetsov Vitaliy, Pasternak Michał, Tischer Thomas, Santhanam Balaji, Schuh Melina
Abstract excerpt
During fertilization, an egg and a sperm fuse to form a new embryo. Eggs develop from oocytes in a process called meiosis. Meiosis in human oocytes is highly error-prone, and defective eggs are the leading cause of pregnancy loss and several genetic disorders such as Down's syndrome. Which genes safeguard accurate progression through meiosis is largely unclear. Here we develop high-content phenotypic screening...
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