.../ Highlighted Article: Homologous chromosomes recombine and synapse during meiotic prophase. Aurora kinase B and C are important to coordinate chromosome desynapsis and segregation during mouse and human spermatogenesis. Aurora kinase Chromosome segregation Gametogenesis Infertility Meiosis...

... determination 4EBP Gametogenesis Polysomes In germ cells, translation control of mRNAs that leads to new protein synthesis has been shown to be critical for stem cell maintenance, meiotic entry, completion of meiosis and gamete differentiation ( Ciosk et al., 2006 ; Crittenden et al., 1994 ; Friday...

...., 1984 ). Meiosis Synaptonemal complex Homologous chromosome pairing Gametogenesis Centromere © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 4 10 2005 * Authors contributed equally to this work ‡ Authors for correspondence (e-mail: knonomur@lab.nig.ac.jp ; nkurata...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 Synaptonemal complex Germ cells Meiosis Gametogenesis Recombination Formation of the synaptonemal complex (SC) is a key step of meiosis. The SC is a zipper-like structure composed of two lateral elements (LEs) that are joined together by transverse...

... for acquisition of replication competence in primary oocytes. In striking contrast, we show that proliferation control during male gametogenesis is not linked to Cdc6 or Mcm2, but appears to be coordinated by the negative regulator Geminin with Cdt1 becoming rate-limiting in late prophase. Our data demonstrate...