Molecular mechanisms of birth ... This means that a prerequisite for error-free segregation in human oocytes is that meiotic cohesion established in oocytes during fetal development must ...

Oocyte maturation and follicular development ... ovulatory follicles through tightly regulated cellular and molecular mechanisms. Key phases include the growth of oocytes, acquisition of ...

Previous research in the Hunter lab showed that a gene called Rnf212 is required for chromosomes to undergo crossing over during the early stages of oocyte development ... 27 in the journal Molecular ...

This protein allows the oocyte to retain the majority of the cytoplasm -- a requirement for embryonic development ... dissection of the molecular components and mechanisms." ...

Dartmouth researchers studying cell division in fruit flies have discovered a pathway that may improve understanding of molecular mistakes that cause older women to have babies with Down syndrome.

The accurate distribution of chromosomes in an oocyte is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information to the ...

genetic transfer from mother to offspring is controlled by two mechanisms, first, during the development of the egg (oocyte), and later during the early stages of embryonic development.

This protein allows the oocyte to retain the majority of the cytoplasm – a requirement for embryonic development ... dissection of the molecular components and mechanisms." ...

the authors said that their method of reconstituting multiple steps in the development of female germ cells may help to clarify the molecular mechanisms of primate oocyte development and could one ...