Communications Biology (Jan 2022)

Haploidy in somatic cells is induced by mature oocytes in mice

  • Yeonmi Lee,
  • Aysha Trout,
  • Nuria Marti-Gutierrez,
  • Seoon Kang,
  • Philip Xie,
  • Aleksei Mikhalchenko,
  • Bitnara Kim,
  • Jiwan Choi,
  • Seongjun So,
  • Jongsuk Han,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Amy Koski,
  • Hong Ma,
  • Junchul David Yoon,
  • Crystal Van Dyken,
  • Hayley Darby,
  • Dan Liang,
  • Ying Li,
  • Rebecca Tippner-Hedges,
  • Fuhua Xu,
  • Paula Amato,
  • Gianpiero D. Palermo,
  • Shoukhrat Mitalipov,
  • Eunju Kang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03040-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Yeonmi Lee, Aysha Trout, Nuria Marti-Guiterrez et al. examine different aspects of somatic cell haploidization in mouse enucleated oocytes. Their results provide further insight into generating oocytes carrying somatic genomes.