Article
Why is meiosis arrested?
Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Sept 1998
Mira A
Abstract excerpt
In mammals and birds, females are born with all the oocytes required for future ovulations. These oocytes are not haploid: they are arrested at the Prophase I of meiosis when they have two sister chromatids of each chromosome (i.e. the eggs are at the 4C stage). Under the assumption that the low...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Communication
- Computer Simulation
- DNA Repair
- Humans
- Male
- Meiosis
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Oocytes
