Spindle assembly in the oocyte is arguably one of the most important and impressive cellular events during the lifetime of an animal. Its importance stems from the fact that failed or improper ...

“In the reconstructed oocytes, the mammoth nuclei showed the spindle assembly, histone incorporation and partial nuclear formation; however, the full activation of nuclei for cleavage was not ...

Smokers also display an increased incidence of abnormalities in oocyte nuclear maturation: abnormalities in the assembly of the meiotic spindle lead to an increased frequency of numerical ...

Centrioles, organelles that organize the microtubule spindle required for cell division ... of embryogenesis that follow fertilization of an oocyte. During oogenesis, which takes place over ...