Meiosis Flashcards
cells can be fused in vitro by adding:
ethylene glycol
diffusable factor in M-phase cells can induce G1 phase cell to enter M-phase
MPF
diffusible factor responsible for initiating S-phase
SPF
diffusable S-phase factor (SPF) does not act on:
G2 phase
xenopus females lay eggs when injected with:
hCG
oocytes are arrested this in cell phase
G2
meiosis induced in oocyte arrested in G2 by:
steroid hormone (progesterone)
egg arrested in this phase after progesterone previously added
Meiosis II
egg arrests in metaphase of Meiosis II until:
fertilization
fertilization induces completion of: (3)
meiosis, pronuclear fusion, mitotic cleavage
orientation of kinetochores during Mesiosis I
co-orientation
2 phases not part of Meiosis II
interphase and prophase
during oogenesis, this is discarded and becomes 1st polar body
2n daughter cell
during oogenesis, this is discarded and becomes 2nd polar body
1n
chromosome recombination happens in:
meiosis I
cytoplasm from oocytes arrested in this phase induces oocytes arrested in G2 to enter meiosis
meiosis II
promotes entry into the cell cycle
Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF)
test MPF level of cell phase by:
removing cytoplasm (at different stages) and inject into G2 oocyte (arrested)
hormone induces MPF activity
progesterone
MPF levels high during these parts of cell cycle
Meiosis I, Meiosis II metaphase arrest, 1st embryonic mitosis, 2nd embryonic mitosis
chemical blocks: (2)
MPF activity and translation
MPF activity is independent of: (2)
nucleus and transcription