Mechanical basis of meiotic metaphase arrest.

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Mechanical basis of meiotic metaphase arrest.

Nature - 25 Mar 1993

McKim K S, Jang J K, Theurkauf W E, Hawley R S

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Control of the metaphase to anaphase transition is a central component of cell-cycle regulation. Arrest at either metaphase I or II before fertilization is a common component of oogenesis in many organisms. In Drosophila melanogaster females, this arrest occurs at meiosis I with the chiasmate biv...

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Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Meiosis
Metaphase
Mutation
Nondisjunction, Genetic
Oogenesis
Spindle Apparatus

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