More information: Hiroaki Taketsuru et al, Generation of rat offspring from ovarian oocytes by xenotransplantation, Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-71030-0 Journal information ...

Mature egg cells, or oocytes, are essential for fertilization in assisted reproductive technologies. However, some 'denuded' oocytes, or those lacking the protective granulosa cell layer ...

Meiosis is a specialized cell cycle that requires sequential changes to the cell division machinery to facilitate changing functions. To define the mechanisms that ...

For example, at the onset of meiosis in starfish oocytes a contractile F-actin network forms in the nuclear region transporting embedded chromosomes to the assembling microtubule spindle. Here, we ...