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Germline and Somatic Cell Syncytia in Insects
Syncytia are common in the animal and plant kingdoms both under normal and pathological conditions. They form through cell fusion or division of a founder cell without cytokinesis. A particular type of syncyti...
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Histone Modifications in Mouse Pronuclei and Consequences for Embryo Development
Epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation and posttranslational modifications of core histones, are the key regulators of gene expression. In the mouse, many of these marks are erased during gamete formation a...
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Polarity and Asymmetry During Mouse Oogenesis and Oocyte Maturation
Cell polarity and asymmetry play a fundamental role in embryo development. The unequal segregation of determinants, cues, and activities is the major event in the differentiation of cell fate and function in a...
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Evolution of Bet-Hedging Mechanisms in Cell Cycle and Embryo Development Stimulated by Weak Linkage of Stochastic Processes
Our current understanding of the origin and evolution of the cell cycle is largely filled with gaps and unresolved questions. Numerous similarities between the processes comprising the cell cycle in distant or...