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Meiotic chromosome segregation in mature Drosophila oocytes is sensitive to prolonged quiescence, suggesting that human oocyte instability may result from storage of mature rather than primordial oocytes and be modifiable.

Throughout oocyte maturation, there is a simultaneous elevation in the concentrations of Ca²⁺ and Zn²⁺, and the fertilization-induced Ca²⁺ oscillations cease under Zn²⁺-deficient conditions, implying an interplay between these ions, potentially at the IP₃R1 level that harbors a Zn²⁺-binding domain.

In nematode worms, NSUN-1 methylates ribosomal RNA and influences phenotypes related to aging, stress resistance, germ line development, and cuticle integrity by regulating translation of specific mRNAs.

An opsin receptor has a central role in the production and release of eggs by female jellyfish.

The maternally provided histone demethylase LSD1/KDM1A has an instrumental role at the beginning of life, shaping the histone methylation landscape and the transcriptional repertoire of the early mouse embryo.

Time-course phosphoproteomics reveals that selective dephosphorylation is critical for directing the MI/MII transition and that, through its inherent phospho-threonine preference, PP2A-B55 imposes specific phosphoregulated behaviors that distinguish the two meiotic divisions.

Depletion of the TGFβ signal-transducer, SMAD4, in granulosa cells of growing follicles reduces the number of filopodia, termed transzonal projections, that stably attach to and mediate communication with the oocyte.

Epigenetic reprogramming by LSD1/KDM1A acts at fertilization in mice to enable embryogenesis and prevent behavioural abnormalities.

Large extracellular vesicle extrusion that eliminates neuronal protein aggregates and organelles is potentiated by uterine filling, linking reproductive status to maternal nervous system health, and demonstrating mechanobiology components in exophergenesis.

The kinase that controls maternal mRNA translation is regulated by phosphorylation of its activating subunit to restrict kinase activity to the developmental window between meiosis completion and early embryogenesis.