Cells that acquire a doubled genome after a failed division step survive and proliferate far more effectively than cells left ...

In each cell of your body, DNA is stored in structures called chromosomes. When cells divide, these chromosomes are copied, ...

Cells that double their entire genome do not all share the same fate. New research published in the Proceedings of the ...

Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive structural supports. But a new study reveals they play a far more active signaling ...

As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a combination of ...

During animal cell division, a highly synchronized and tightly regulated dance of chromosomes takes place, ensuring the ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how cells behave when division goes wrong. Sometimes a cell successfully copies its DNA but fails to split into two, leaving it with double the genetic ...

For a living cell to divide successfully, each daughter cell must inherit the correct genetic material. In eukaryotes, segregation of duplicated chromosomes is performed by the mitotic spindle, a ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Passed from ...

Structure of Ndc80 complex bound to microtubule. Ndc80 complex is the major microtubule3binding module at the kinetochore. Green: α-tubulin, light-blue:β-tubulin, dark blue: HEC1 (a4subunit of the ...