Nagoya University-led international research reveals functions of mouthpart-controlling genes in development of enlarged mandibles in the stag beetle.
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(Phys.org) —Albert Erives, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Biology, and his graduate student, Justin Crocker, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2013
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Forming like a blown smoke ring does, a "contractile ring" similar to a tiny muscle pinches yeast cells in two. The division of cells makes life possible, but the actual mechanics of this fundamental process have proved difficult ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2014
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Before cells divide, they create so much genetic material that it must be wound onto spools before the two new cells can split apart. These spools are actually proteins called histones, and they must multiply at the same ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 19, 2014
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During development, vertebrate embryos rely on a process called segmentation to establish fundamental body patterning. This entails the formation of orderly bands of cells, which can subsequently contribute to the formation ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 30, 2013
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A gene called Prkci can point cells in the right direction, according to a new study in Developmental Biology.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2016
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