In normal cells, hundreds of genes intricately control the process of cell division. Normal growth ... provide the cancer cell with yet another reproductive advantage, which in turn intensifies ...

During fertilisation the haploid nucleus of a sperm cell and the haploid nucleus of an egg cell fuse together to form a diploid zygote.

The process of meiosis happens in the male and female reproductive organs. As a cell divides to form gametes: ...

These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis. During meiosis, a diploid parent cell, which has two copies of each chromosome, undergoes one round of DNA ...

This might be an evolutionary feature that influences the developmental fate of the blastocysts," explains Kroneis, who is from the Med Uni Graz Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology ...