“During tissue formation, dynamic cell shape changes drive morphogenesis while asymmetric divisions create cellular diversity,” Herbert and Lovegrove said in a study recently published in Science.

The five phases of mitosis and cell division tightly coordinate the movements of hundreds of proteins. How did early biologists unravel this complex dance of chromosomes? Cells duplicate and ...

Most cells grow, perform the activities needed to survive, and divide to create new cells. These basic processes, known collectively as the cell cycle, are repeated throughout the life of a cell.