To ensure the correct euploid state of embryos, it is essential that vertebrate oocytes await fertilization arrested at metaphase of meiosis II. This MII arrest is mediated by XErp1/Emi2, which ...

This month's cover highlights the article The Dystrophin-Dystroglycan complex ensures cytokinesis efficiency in Drosophila epithelia by Eurico Morais-de-Sá, Margarida Gonçalves and colleagues. The ...