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 University of Vienna dived into the process of ...

Chromosome aneuploidy is a major cause of pregnancy loss, abnormal pregnancy and live births following both natural conception and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and increases exponentially with ...

When producing our germ cells—egg and sperm—a special feature is required in the cell division process: Since male and female germ cells fuse during fertilization, the chromosome set of our genetic ...

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 ...

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 ...