In line with this suggestion, up-regulation of key meiotic genes (MOS, REC8, SGO1, SGO2, DMC1, SPO11, SCYP1,2,3, STAG3) was found and associated with reversible polyploidy in TP53-deficient lymphoma, breast, colon, ovarian, and cervical cancer cell lines after irradiation or spindle damage [21,23,43,61,64]. The gene discussed is REC8; the disease is cervical carcinoma.