This video explains the stages of mitosis, contrasts them with meiosis and the creation of haploid gametes, and concludes by ...

During development, different precursor lineages give rise to the full complement of cell types in a multicellular organism. Some lineages are more rigid, generating a fixed number of progeny of a ...

Using an innovative combination of biochemical experiments and ultra-high-resolution microscopy, a research team at Kiel ...

Research from Umeå University paves the way for a quantitative data analysis method to study the cell division process in individual cells. The improved resolution will promote advanced cell analysis ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Morphogenesis—that is, the emergence of distinct anatomical forms from dividing cellular assemblies—hinges on the delicate coordination of diverse cellular and molecular processes across multiple ...

A 'pocket' on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct order. Cell division is key for life. Every organism -- from the smallest yeast ...

A cell copies all of its DNA, gears up to split in two, and then just… doesn’t. It sits there, swollen with a double genome, and nobody notices. This kind of silent failure has been observed in labs ...