Dynamics of Microtubules and Positioning of Female Pronucleus During Bovine Parthenogenesis

• Published in: Biology of reproduction Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 935 - 941
• Main Authors: Morito, Yuki, Terada, Yukihiro, Nakamura, Soichi, Morita, Junko, Yoshimoto, Tomoko, Murakami, Takashi, Yaegashi, Nobuo, Okamura, Kunihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI Society for the Study of Reproduction 01.11.2005
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cattle; Cell Nucleus Structures - genetics; Cell Nucleus Structures - metabolism; Centrosome - metabolism; CONTENTS; Female; fertilization; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gamete biology; Mammalian female genital system; Microtubules - drug effects; Microtubules - physiology; Morphology. Physiology; Oocytes - drug effects; Oocytes - physiology; ovum; Paclitaxel - pharmacology; Parthenogenesis; Tubulin - metabolism; Vertebrates: reproduction; Parthenogenesis; Vertebrata; Reproduction; Mammalia; Animal; Cytoskeleton; Ox; Female; Artiodactyla; Microtubule; Ungulata; Pronucleus

The zygote centrosome, consisting of both paternal and maternal centrosomal components, is the microtubule-organizing center necessary for pronuclear migration and positioning in fertilization. Maternal centrosomal function in microtubule organization and pronuclear positioning, however, remains unc...