Scientists from Nagoya University, Yokohama City University and Chubu University have developed a system which enables the live imaging of the formation of the female gamete in plants. In flowering ...

Meiosis is Essential: In both ferns and humans, meiosis is the cornerstone of gamete formation. It ensures the reduction of chromosome number, preventing aneuploidy in offspring. The fundamental steps ...

Cell-cell contact is an important mode of intercellular interactions in multicellular organisms as well as in communities of unicellular microbes. While adjacent cells in a tissue form features like ...

Haploid plants, which carry only a single set of chromosomes, are typically sterile, making them valuable but difficult to use in breeding. A rare peach haploid mutant, '9-D', surprisingly exhibited ...