Mitosis is a process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells that occurs when a parent cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells. During cell division, mitosis refers specifically to ...

New research provides insights into how a sophisticated mechanism for cell division contributed to the evolution of ...

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly ...

The asymmetrical division allowed it to form two different ... more likely to become spherical and split into two similar daughter cells. In contrast, longer and thinner cells didn’t “round ...

In their experiments, the researchers found that rather than daughter cells deciding on their own whether to divide, they committed to another cell cycle or not immediately after division of the ...

All living organisms on earth are built up from individual cells.Furthermore, the proliferation and growth of these organisms is based on the ability of each cell to divide into two daughter cells ...

must be segregated accurately into the two daughter cell nuclei. Cell division of the alga Volvox carteri combines animal and plant characteristics 'Cell division is one of the most fundamental ...

To prepare the 46 chromosomes of a human cell for transport to the daughter cells during cell division, each chromosome forms a compact X-shaped structure with two rod-like copies. How the cell ...

But problems with the individual segments of division—things like copying DNA, repairing any damage, making sure each daughter cell gets the right number of chromosomes—can lead to mutations.

During the final stages of cell division, or mitosis, a transient intercellular ‘bridge’ called a midbody connects the two daughter cells, recruiting and positioning the machinery that ...

Telophase is followed by cytokinesis, or the division of the cytoplasm into two daughter cells. The daughter cells that result from this process have identical genetic compositions.

In their experiments, the researchers found that rather than daughter cells deciding on their own whether to divide, they committed to another cell cycle or not immediately after division of the ...