Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21709181›Full record

ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2011

Developmental control of oocyte maturation and egg activation in metazoan models.

Jessica R Von Stetina, Terry L Orr-Weaver

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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105citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Nucleolar Dynamics During Oogenesis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  17. Finishing the egg.Genetics · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica R Von StetinaWhitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Terry L Orr-Weaver
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

REPLICATION AND POLYTENIZATION IN DROSOPHILA DEVELOPMENTR01GM039341 · NIGMS · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI ORR-WEAVER, TERRY L. · 1993 to 2013
$4.7M
REPLICATION AND POLYTENIZATION IN DROSOPHILA DEVELOPMENTR29GM039341 · NIGMS · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI ORR-WEAVER, TERRY L. · 1988 to 1992
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM39341NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM039341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Production of functional eggs requires meiosis to be coordinated with developmental signals. Oocytes arrest in prophase I to permit oocyte differentiation, and in most animals, a second meiotic arrest links completion of meiosis to fertilization. Comparison of oocyte maturation and egg activation between mammals, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Drosophila reveal conserved signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms as well as unique adaptations for reproductive strategies. Recent studies in mammals and C. elegans show the role of signaling between surrounding somatic cells and the oocyte in maintaining the prophase I arrest and controlling maturation. Proteins that regulate levels of active Cdk1/cyclin B during prophase I arrest have been identified in Drosophila. Protein kinases play crucial roles in the transition from meiosis in the oocyte to mitotic embryonic divisions in C. elegans and Drosophila. Here we will contrast the regulation of key meiotic events in oocytes.

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MammalsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCell Cycle CheckpointsDrosophilaEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleGap JunctionsMaleMeiosisOocytesOogenesisSignal TransductionSpermatozoaSperm-Ovum Interactions

Identifiers

PMID21709181
PMCPMC3179337
OpenAlexW2136339263

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