The raison d'être of meiosis is shuffling of genetic information via Mendelian segregation
and, within individual chromosomes, by DNA crossing-over. These outcomes are enabled …

How eukaryotic cells control their duplication is a fascinating example of how a biological
system self-organizes specific activities to temporally order cellular events. During cell cycle …

Meiotic rapid prophase chromosome movements (RPMs) require connections between the
chromosomes and the cytoskeleton, involving SUN (Sad1/UNC-84)-domain-containing …

During the reductive evolution of obligate intracellular parasites called microsporidia, a tiny
remnant mitochondrion (mitosome) lost its typical cristae, organellar genome, and most …

Dynamic changes in chromosomal structure that occur during meiotic prophase play an
important role in the progression of meiosis. Among them, meiosis‐specific chromosomal …

The nuclear envelope (NE) provides a permeable barrier that separates the eukaryotic
genome from the cytoplasm. NE is a double membrane composed of inner and outer …

Oogenesis involves complex differentiation program leading to the production of functional
oocytes. Oogonia originating from primordial germ cells proliferate by mitosis and form …

As an evolutionarily conserved process, the bouquet stage during meiosis was discovered
over a century ago, and active research on this important stage continues. Since the …

The ability of cells to overcome cell cycle arrest and adapt to the presence of unrepairable
DNA damage is under the control of polo-like kinases (PLKs) in eukaryotes. How DNA …

In membrane proteins, a transmembrane region and a juxtamembrane region play important
roles in its function. Here, we present a protocol for characterizing membrane protein …