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ReviewAnnual review of genetics2026

Tuning Meiotic Checkpoints: Evolutionary Costs and Mechanistic Trade-Offs.

Needhi Bhalla, Soni Lacefield

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Review in Annual review of genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Needhi Bhalla1Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA; email: nbhalla@ucsc.edu.
Soni Lacefield2Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; email: Soni.Lacefield@dartmouth.edu.

Funding

Timing and regulation of meiotic commitment in S cerevisiaeR01GM105755 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Soni Lacefield · 2014 to 2026
$4.1M
Supplement to support an undergraduate student on Cell Cycle Control in C. elegansR35GM141835 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI BHALLA, NEEDHI · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105755NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review, we discuss three meiotic checkpoints-the DNA damage response, the pachytene checkpoint, and the spindle checkpoint-and highlight their similarities and differences across diverse systems. Cell cycle checkpoints play a unique and important role during meiosis by enforcing dependencies within the complex choreography that governs chromosome behavior during meiotic prophase and chromosome segregation. However, meiotic checkpoints can exhibit dramatic variations in their stringency, especially when compared with mitotic checkpoints. This range in stringency likely reflects the mechanistic trade-offs associated with the unique goals of meiosis, as well as the evolutionary constraints and innovations inherent to the process.

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PMID42594293
PMCPMC13631866

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