Oocyte development, meiosis and aneuploidy

Meiosis is one of the defining events in gametogenesis. Male and female germ cells both undergo one round of meiotic cell division during their development in order to reduce the ploidy of the gametes, and thereby maintain the ploidy of the species after fertilisation. However, there are some aspect...

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Main Authors: MacLennan, Marie, Crichton, James H., Playfoot, Christopher J., Adams, Ian R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828587/