Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: Multi-subunit protein complexes, called condensin I and condensin II, play a pivotal role in construction and segregation of mitotic chromosomes in many organisms. In mammals, however, previous studies examining condensins’ function are limited to siRNA-mediated knockdown experiments using some established cell lines. Hence the roles of both condensins in mammalian development have remained to be solved. In the present study, we have investigated defective p...