Scientists have discovered a gene, 'Meiosin', that acts as the switch to turn on meiosis. The gene appears to be related to the cause of infertility and could be a big step forward for reproductive ...

A new study, published this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics has found that there is a high level of meiotic recombination failure in human immature egg cells (oocytes). The findings ...

Most cells in the tissues of most organisms proliferate through somatic cell division (mitosis). This is a continuous cycle where a single cell doubles its genetic information (chromosomes) and ...

In the process of replicating themselves, cells have another choice: do they want to make an identical copy and be left with two cells? Or do they want to make four “half-copies”, in preparation for ...