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Bnormal diakinesis occurs in oocytes as shown by DAPI staining. C. oocytes appear to have the expected number of six condensed chromosomes, but they occasionally show defects in diakinesis (D). In B-D only one focal plane is shown. E-M. Nomarski optics; E'-M' DAPI staining. E. mutants grown at 26°C lack embryos in the uterus (u). Their gonads are often disorganised (F, F', arrows indicate oocyte chromosomes) and similar disorganisation is sometimes seen in homozygotes (G, G', arrow indicates an oocyte). DAPI-positive oocytes are often present in (H), and occasionally in gonads (I). J. -like structures are also seen in uteri. K-M. mutants grown at the restrictive temperature (25°C) have oocytes (K) but lack sperm (L, M). 15°C, permissive temperature. Asterisk, spermatheca; em, cell; g, germ cells; u, uterus; v, vulva.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "is functionally conserved and required for oogenesis and larval growth"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/8/51</p><p>BMC Developmental Biology 2008;8():51-51.</p><p>Published online 9 May 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2409312.</p><p>