Spindle Dynamics during Meiotic Development of the Fungus Podospora anserina Requires the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Shaping Protein RTN1

Abstract

Meiosis consists of a reductional cell division, which allows ploidy maintenance during sexual reproduction and which provides the potential for genetic recombination, producing genetic variation. Meiosis constitutes a process of foremost importance for eukaryotic evolution.