14 June 2025
Separating an Egg
Oocytes – the female germ cells – divide as they mature. But unlike the rest of our cells, the non-sex cells or somatic cells – they don't have centrosomes (structures within the cell for polarisation of chromosomes) to accurately organise the process, instead they assemble a complex from microtubules prior to division. This study shows the importance of the enzyme MPS1 in preventing errors as oocytes divide
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