Probing The Mechanism Of Asymmetry In Meiotic Cell Division At Rong Li Lab
The Stowers Institute’s Rong Li Lab has characterized a mechanism that allows for asymmetrical cell division during meiosis in oocytes. By tracking chromosome movement in live mouse oocytes, the team discovered that chromosomes can recruit to their vicinity a protein called formin-2.
More: continued here
Filed under: Fertility on October 13th, 2008