As in prophase I, the chromosomes condense, spindles form, the centrioles begin to separate, and the nuclear membrane fragments and disperses. Unlike prophase I, the chromosomes do not attach to ...

Those germ cells that enter meiosis become oocytes, the source of future eggs. Consequently, females are born with a finite number of oocytes arrested in the first meiotic prophase. Within the ...

Kumamoto University researchers have identified a novel heat shock factor (HSF), designated as HSF5, which plays a crucial role in the completion of meiosis ... in the meiotic prophase progression ...

Figure 1: Fragments of Mre11 and Ku70 proteins used ... It is possible that during these later stages of meiotic prophase, Ku70 and Mre11 are involved in end joining of DSBs, induced either ...