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

Cell division during the early stage of embryo development is a trade-off between speed and accuracy; the cells need to divide quickly to enable rapid growth, but it's important not to introduce ...

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 ...

DNA does not float freely in the cell. Instead, it is wrapped around histone proteins to form structures called nucleosomes.