Interphase is the period between cell divisions. During this time, chromosomes replicate—each DNA strand unzips into two strands while free-floating bases attach to the unzipped strands. The ...

Cell division ensures growth or renewal and is thus vital for all organisms. However, the process differs somewhat in animals, bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae. Until now, little was known about ...

How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis by Rick Groleau As viewed from a human perspective, nature has done some ingenious engineering to overcome some of the obstacles it has faced. Take the ...

Letter Published: 10 November 1945 Demonstration of Mitosis in Animal Cells W. S. BULLOUGH Nature 156, 574 (1945) Cite this article ...

Mitosis ensures the continuity of genetic information, allowing cells to grow and repair in a controlled and precise manner. Meiosis, on the other hand, introduces genetic diversity, contributing ...

In most animal cells, mitosis is triggered by the activation of the cyclin B1-associated cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), which phosphorylates a range of substrates, thus promoting cell ...

MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, tossing out molecules that they appear not to need anymore. Using a new method they developed for ...

The process could be far more similar to animal cell division than previously thought," Reski from the cluster of excellence CIBSS comments on the results of the study, which has appeared in the ...

A new interactive map of the proteins involved in cell division gives the ability to track how groups of proteins interact to drive the process of mitosis. Researchers have created a 4D computer ...