A novel molecular tool developed by a Lehigh University professor of biological sciences is enabling scientists to precisely ...

Meiosis, a type of cell division specific to reproduction, avoids this by halving the number of chromosomes in a cell. The cell shown here will divide twice, resulting in four cells. Each of these ...

The five phases of mitosis and cell division tightly coordinate the movements of hundreds of proteins. How did early biologists unravel this complex dance of chromosomes? The most obvious ...

To make the move from asexual to sexual reproduction ... (Cytokinesis describes the division of the rest of the cell.) Almost all of the DNA duplication in your body is carried out through ...

These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis. During meiosis, a diploid parent cell, which has two copies of each chromosome, undergoes one round of DNA ...

The process of meiosis happens in the male and female reproductive organs. As a cell divides to form gametes: ...

Chromosomes carry genetic information in a molecule called DNA. A type of cell division called mitosis ensures that when a cell divides each new cell produced has the same genetic information.

Cell division is fundamental to life, enabling growth, reproduction, and survival across all organisms, from single-celled bacteria to complex multicellular animals. While animals and fungi share ...