Cell division during the early stage of embryo development is a trade-off between speed and accuracy; the cells need to ...

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in the atmosphere and made complex life possible, captivating scientists for decades. Now, ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape Planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in our atmosphere and made complex life possible, captivating scientists for decades. Now, ...

Researchers use a light-activated protein to illuminate when embryos can cope with disruptions to cell division.Cell division ...

A system once tied to DNA organization in cyanobacteria has evolved into a structure that shapes the cell itself. This shift ...

Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that if animal cells gain an extra set of chromosomes, a ...

New chromosome-level evidence suggests Medicago evolution followed a more complex, and surprising path, than previously ...

Researchers are gaining a new appreciation for the genes on the X and Y chromosomes and how they shape sex differences in ...

A modified version of CRISPR-Cas9 has enabled, for the first time, the efficient integration of a large transgene capable of ...