Female meiosis: coming unglued with age

Patricia Hunt; Terry Hassold

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.08.011

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Female meiosis: coming unglued with age

Patricia Hunt and Terry Hassold

Current biology, Vol.20(17), pp.R699-R702

09/14/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.08.011

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Abstract

Oocytes - cytology

Female

Meiosis

Aging - genetics

Aging - physiology

Humans

Chromosome abnormalities in humans are strikingly associated with increasing maternal age. Studies in mice implicate loss of chromosome cohesion as an important cause of age-related meiotic errors in the oocyte.

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Title: Female meiosis: coming unglued with age
Creators: Patricia Hunt - School for Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, WA 99164, USA. pathunt@wsu.edu
Terry Hassold
Publication Details: Current biology, Vol.20(17), pp.R699-R702
Academic Unit: Molecular Biosciences, School of
Publisher: England
Identifiers: 99900547780101842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article