Meiosis is the two-step series of cell divisions that make sexual reproduction and genetic diversity possible. Researchers have now dived into the process of meiosis in specific plant species and ...

Figure 1: The animal pole defines the first cleavage plane of the zygote. If there is a relationship between the animal pole and the cleavage plane, then transplanting the animal pole to a new site ...

Scientists have characterized a mechanism that allows for asymmetrical cell division during meiosis in oocytes. By tracking chromosome movement in live mouse oocytes, they have discovered that ...

This news release is available in German. Meiosis is not like another: Gabriela Cabral and Peter Schlögelhofer at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) of the University of Vienna and the Medical ...