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Pairing up: How chromosomes find each other

After more than a century of study, mysteries still remain about the process of meiosis -- a special type of cell division that helps insure genetic diversity in sexually-reproducing organisms. Now, researchers ...

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created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects

Using yeast genetics and a novel scheme to selectively remove a single protein from the cell division process called meiosis, a cell biologist at The Florida State University found that when a key molecular ...

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Meiosis - the pairing and recombination of chromosomes, followed by segregation of half to each egg or sperm cell - is a major crossroads in all organisms reproducing sexually. Yet, how the ...

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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