Cell division is an essential process for all life on Earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new ...

How did the characteristic pattern of embryonic cell divisions during animal development evolve? Analysis of the multicellular development of an organism related to animals now provides some answers.

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Researchers have discovered a key transition in early embryonic development is facilitated by decreasing levels of a viral protein inserted into the DNA of our early animal ancestors. Researchers at ...

Reptiles exhibit remarkable reproductive diversity, with many species giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.

The annual killifish lives in regions with extreme drought. A research group now reports that the early embryogenesis of killifish diverges from that of other species. Unlike other fish, their body ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Researchers at Dresden University of Technology reveal that early zebrafish embryos divide without a closed actin ring.