Polar Body Formation Extrusion and Function
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The Polar body refers to the resultant structure that an egg cell (oogonium) produces as it undergoes meiosis. During the first stage of meiosis, the egg cell evenly divides the chromosomes between the resultant two…
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Frontiers Correlation of the position and status of the polar body from the fertilized oocyte to the euploid status of blastocysts
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Cell fragmentation in mouse preimplantation embryos induced by ectopic activation of the polar body extrusion pathway
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A casein kinase 1 prevents expulsion of the oocyte meiotic spindle into a polar body by regulating cortical contractility
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WASH complex regulates Arp2/3 complex for actin-based polar body
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Frontiers Rocking the Boat: The Decisive Roles of Rho Kinases
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Synergistic stabilization of microtubules by BUB-1, HCP-1 and CLS
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reproduction - When is the second polar body extruded from the egg nucleus? - Biology Stack Exchange
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Cell fragmentation in mouse preimplantation embryos induced by ectopic activation of the polar body extrusion pathway