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 ...
Mechanism Of Asymmetry In Meiotic Cell Division Probed Date: October 13, 2008 Source: Stowers Institute for Medical Research Summary: Scientists have characterized a mechanism that allows for ...
The meiotic cell cycle of oocytes is regulated by a cascade of protein phosphorylation/ dephosporylation events. Two isoforms of MAP kinases, ERK1 (p44) and ERK2 (p42), appear to play a pivotal role ...
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 ...
Albert Cairó, Karel Riha and their colleagues have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that is responsible for reprogramming gene expression during the transition when one cell differentiates ...
A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female ...
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 ...