Open AccessTo Make a Long Spindle Short: Nuclear Envelope Breakdown during Meiosis
Author(s) -
Joseph M. Varberg,
Sue L. Jaspersen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.030
Subject(s) - meiosis , envelope (radar) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , computer science , genetics , telecommunications , gene , radar
In fission yeast, the nuclear envelope (NE) remains intact during mitosis and meiosis I but is compromised during meiosis II. In this issue of Cell Reports, Flor-Parra et al. (2018) demonstrate that this NE alteration regulates meiosis II spindle disassembly and the ploidy of meiotic products.
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