Geometry shapes life: Embryo curvature acts as instruction manual for coordinated cell division

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...
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The Relationship between Cell Division Pattern and Global Shape of Young Fern Gametophytes. II. Morphogenesis of Heart-Shaped Thalli

Computer simulation of cell division patterns in the apical region of fern gametophytes illustrates the development of a concave apical front and the subsequent heart shape when the division ratio is ...
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ROP signaling regulates spatial pattern of cell division and specification of meristem notch

Duoyan Rong, Shuai Zhao, Wenxin Tang, Nan Luo, Hai He, Zhuqing Wang, Huimin Ma, Yimei Huang, Xiaoxun Yao, Xue Pan, Lin Lv, Jiajing Xiao, Renyi Liu, Shingo Nagawa, Chizuko Yamamuro Proceedings of the ...
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Why some HPV infections go away and others become cancer

The body's ability to clear an infection by the cancer-causing human papilloma virus (HPV) may be largely due to unpredictable division patterns in HPV-infected stem cells, rather than the strength of ...