title: Meiotic checkpoints: repair or removal?
abstract: Defects in meiosis can produce different checkpoint responses in female and male animals, suggesting that meiotic checkpoints exhibit sexual dimorphism. A recent study in Caenorhabditis elegans indicates that meiotic checkpoint activation is similar between the sexes and the primary difference lies in the downstream consequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. nbhalla@ucsc.edu
authors.forename: Needhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhalla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair; D005260:Female; D018816:Genes, cdc; D057850:Hermaphroditic Organisms; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins