Unique geometry of sister kinetochores in human oocytes during meiosis I may explain maternal age-associated increases in chromosomal abnormalities

Inherent Instability of Correct Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachments during Meiosis I in Oocytes

(2015) Shuhei Yoshida et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Discovering centromere proteins: from cold white hands to the A, B, C of CENPs

(2015) William C. Earnshaw   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Error-prone chromosome-mediated spindle assembly favors chromosome segregation defects in human oocytes

(2015) Z. Holubcova et al.   SCIENCE

Bivalent separation into univalents precedes age-related meiosis I errors in oocytes

(2015) Yogo Sakakibara et al.   Nature Communications

Mouse oocytes depend on BubR1 for proper chromosome segregation but not for prophase I arrest

(2015) Sandra A. Touati et al.   Nature Communications

Kinetochore microtubule establishment is defective in oocytes from aged mice

(2014) Maria Shomper et al.   CELL CYCLE

Meikin is a conserved regulator of meiosis-I-specific kinetochore function

(2014) Jihye Kim et al.   NATURE

FindFoci: A Focus Detection Algorithm with Automated Parameter Training That Closely Matches Human Assignments, Reduces Human Inconsistencies and Increases Speed of Analysis

(2014) Alex D. Herbert et al.   PLoS One

Sister kinetochores are mechanically fused during meiosis I in yeast

(2014) K. K. Sarangapani et al.   SCIENCE

Chromosome cohesion decreases in human eggs with advanced maternal age

(2012) Francesca E. Duncan et al.   AGING CELL

Reduced Chromosome Cohesion Measured by Interkinetochore Distance Is Associated with Aneuploidy Even in Oocytes from Young Mice1

(2012) Julie A. Merriman et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Anaphase B Precedes Anaphase A in the Mouse Egg

(2012) Greg FitzHarris   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Age-related aneuploidy through cohesion exhaustion

(2012) Rolf Jessberger   EMBO REPORTS

Human aneuploidy: mechanisms and new insights into an age-old problem

(2012) So I. Nagaoka et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Geometry and force behind kinetochore orientation: lessons from meiosis

(2012) Yoshinori Watanabe   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Complete Kinetochore Tracking Reveals Error-Prone Homologous Chromosome Biorientation in Mammalian Oocytes

(2011) Tomoya S. Kitajima et al.   CELL

The NDC80 complex proteins Nuf2 and Hec1 make distinct contributions to kinetochore–microtubule attachment in mitosis

(2011) Lynsie J.R. Sundin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The Monopolin Complex Crosslinks Kinetochore Components to Regulate Chromosome-Microtubule Attachments

(2010) Kevin D. Corbett et al.   CELL

Evidence that Weakened Centromere Cohesion Is a Leading Cause of Age-Related Aneuploidy in Oocytes

(2010) Teresa Chiang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Kinetochore alignment within the metaphase plate is regulated by centromere stiffness and microtubule depolymerases

(2010) Khuloud Jaqaman et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Protein Architecture of the Human Kinetochore Microtubule Attachment Site

(2009) Xiaohu Wan et al.   CELL

Fused sister kinetochores initiate the reductional division in meiosis I

(2009) Xuexian Li et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY