Mitosis and meiosis are two kinds of cell division that are essential to most forms of life on earth. Here we investigate the key differences and similarities between the two processes.

Mitosis and meiosis are both processes by which cells reproduce, but there are distinct differences between the two. While new cells are generated during mitosis, meiosis is a special type of cell ...

Comparative studies of meiosis and mitosis have led to the general principle that kinetochore geometry and tension exerted by microtubules synergistically generate chromosome orientation.

The chromosomes align along the metaphase plate. As in mitosis metaphase, (and unlike meiosis metaphase I), fibers from the centrioles begin to pull on each one of the chromosomes from both ...

Multicellular eukaryotes and single-celled sex cells reproduce by a process called meiosis. In this process, the number of chromosomes in a mother cell is halved to produce gametes, cells that ...

Cohesin is similar in mitosis and meiosis, although some of the subunits are substituted for meiosis-specific variants (reviewed in Refs 62, 63). Most prominent among them is the kleisin subunit.

Meiosis is often described as a special case of cell division since it differs from mitosis in having two nuclear divisions without an intervening S-phase. It will be of great interest to uncover what ...

A new approach triggers meiosis, the cell division process responsible for producing egg and sperm, to aid future fertility treatments.

The chromatids arrive at the either end of each cell and new nuclear membranes form. With meiosis in a female, there is only one dividing cell at this point. As in telophase I, the cytoplasm of ...