Article
A Xenopus maternal effect mutant gene affects oocyte meiotic reinitiation and fertilization.
The Journal of experimental zoology - 1 Apr 1994
de Vantéry C, Schorderet-Slatkine S, Droin A
Abstract excerpt
No cleavage (nc) is a maternal effect mutant gene, recessive and sex limited. It affects the eggs laid by homozygous mutant females, independently of the male genotype. Contrary to normal oocytes, following germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) during maturation, the transient microtubular array (TMA...
Topics
- Animals
- Cytoplasm
- Female
- Fertilization
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Male
- Meiosis
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Oogenesis
- Xenopus laevis