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Morphogenesis of the Mammalian Egg Cortex

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A Comparative Overview of Mammalian Fertilization

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The final maturation processes of the mammalian oocyte leading to ovulation include events of germinal vesicle breakdown, i.e., the disappearance of nucleoli, nuclear envelope breakdown, and chromosome condensation. The chromosomes are assembled on the first meiotic spindle, which then migrates to the oocyte cortex; this is followed by the formation of the first polar body and development of the second meiotic spindle, at which time meiosis is arrested until the egg is fertilized. Recent studies have demonstrated that these nuclear changes are accompanied by, and in some instances causal to, specific rearrangements of organelles and cytoskeletal elements comprising the cell cortex (Longo and Chen, 1984, 1985; Maro et al., 1984, 1986c; Van Blerkom and Bell, 1986; Longo, 1987).

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Longo, F.J. (1991). Morphogenesis of the Mammalian Egg Cortex. In: Dunbar, B.S., O’Rand, M.G. (eds) A Comparative Overview of Mammalian Fertilization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-8982-9_5

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