The role of mitochondria in oocyte maturation

A Kirillova, JEJ Smitz, GT Sukhikh, I Mazunin - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the nucleus as an exception, mitochondria are the only animal cell organelles
containing their own genetic information, called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). During oocyte …

Mitogenomic architecture and evolution of the soil ciliates Colpoda

Y Zhang, H Li, Y Wang, M Nie, K Zhang, J Pan… - Msystems, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Colpoda are cosmopolitan unicellular eukaryotes primarily inhabiting soil and benefiting
plant growth, but they remain one of the least understood taxa in genetics and genomics …

Deciphering the Foundations of Mitochondrial Mutational Spectra: Replication-Driven and Damage-Induced Signatures Across Chordate Classes

D Iliushchenko, B Efimenko… - Molecular Biology …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutagenesis remains poorly understood despite its crucial role
in disease, aging, and evolutionary tracing. In this study, we reconstructed a comprehensive …

Mitochondrial mutation spectrum in Chordates: damage versus replication signatures, causes, and dynamics

D Iliushchenko, B Efimenko, AG Mikhailova… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
To elucidate the primary factors sha** mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutagenesis, we
reconstructed a deep 192-component mtDNA mutational spectrum using 129,100 …

[PDF][PDF] The role of mitochondria in oocyte maturation. Cells 2021; 10: 2484

A Kirillova, JEJ Smitz, GT Sukhikh, I Mazunin - 2021 - academia.edu
With the nucleus as an exception, mitochondria are the only animal cell organelles
containing their own genetic information, called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). During oocyte …

A> G substitutions on a heavy chain of mitochondrial genome marks an increased level of aerobic metabolism in warm versus cold vertebrates

AG Mikhailova, D Iliushchenko, V Shamansky… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Mutational spectrum of the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) fluctuates between species,
however, factors responsible for this variation are mainly unknown. Recently, we …

Photobiomodulation of Bovine Oocytes During Maturation Increases ATP Content and Enhances Subsequent Embryonic Development

K Richey - 2024 - tigerprints.clemson.edu
Bovine in-vitro production (IVP) of embryos is a growing field for producing offspring with
desirable genetics in the cattle industries. While IVP is effective, oocyte cytoplasmic …

Buffering role of HSP shapes the molecular evolution of mammalian and human genomes at short and long-term scales

V Timonina, E Tretiakov, A Goncharov, K Gunbin… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Heat shock proteins in parallel with their main and originally discovered function–
maintenance of folded proteins under stressful conditions, can play also background …