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. 2020 May 27;11:2652. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16488-y

Fig. 8. Models for acentrosomal spindle bipolarization in mammalian oocytes.

Fig. 8

Different modes of spindle bipolarization. In mouse MI oocytes, Prc1 (orange) is highly enriched at kinetochores (magenta). The Prc1-rich kinetochore microenvironment is required for driving slow bipolarization of the spindle (green). This kinetochore-dependent spindle bipolarization is critical for MI to prevent chromosome segregation errors. In mouse MII oocytes, the cytoplasmic environment that contains upregulated factors including Prc1 provides global support to rapid, kinetochore-independent pathways for spindle bipolarization. In human MI oocytes, spindle bipolarization occurs without kinetochore-enriched Prc1, and is error prone.