• The meiotic division is arrested in metaphase II. (wikibooks.org)
  • Oocyte maturation involves the release of the primary meiotic arrest at prophase I and progression of the oocyte nucleus into meiotic divisions to produce a mature oocyte (egg) capable of being fertilized ( Von Stetina and Orr-Weaver, 2011 ). (elifesciences.org)
  • Meiotic prophase I is much longer that mitotic prophase. (replicadb4.com)
  • Prophase is the initial phase when spindle fibers appear that function to move the chromosomes toward opposite poles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Metaphase starts when the mitotic spindle organizes all chromosomes and lines them up in the middle of the cell to divide. (vedantu.com)
  • We show here that the yeast homologue of Spo76, called Pds5, is essential for establishing sister chromatid cohesion and maintaining it during metaphase. (nih.gov)
  • Prophase = DNA untangled and condensed into two sister chromatids, held together by sister chromatid cohesion. (topgradeapp.com)
  • Prophase I arrest and progression to metaphase I in mouse oocytes are controlled by Emi1-dependent regulation of APC(Cdh1). (nih.gov)
  • Cohesion is established during DNA replication, is partially dismantled in many, but not all, organisms during prophase, and is finally destroyed at the metaphase-to-anaphase transition. (nih.gov)
  • We also show that Pds5 co-localizes with cohesin on chromosomes, that the chromosomal association of Pds5 and cohesin is interdependent, that Scc1 recruits Pds5 to chromosomes in G1 and that its cleavage causes dissociation of Pds5 from chromosomes at the metaphase-to-anaphase transition. (nih.gov)