By deleting Plk1 in mouse oocytes before meiotic resumption, we show that PLK1 is essential for the formation of condensed bivalent chromosomes, microtubule organizing center fragmentation, liquid-like spindle domain localization, and bipolar spindle formation. Thus, PLK1 coordinates processes that ensure chromosome segregation during meiosis I.
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