Two mechanisms drive pronuclear migration in mouse zygotes

In a newly fertilized egg, maternal and paternal chromosomes are enclosed in two separate pronuclei but the mechanisms in mammals for pronuclear movement are unclear. Here, the authors report that both F-actin and microtubule polymerization act in concern to drive inward movement of pronuclei toward...

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Main Authors: Kathleen Scheffler, Julia Uraji, Ida Jentoft, Tommaso Cavazza, Eike Mönnich, Binyam Mogessie, Melina Schuh
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f7141fa023074c7ba56342406e25c610
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