Adult human ovaries contain a population of stem cells capable of generating immature egg cells.
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Adult human ovaries contain a population of stem cells capable of generating immature egg cells.
Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.
Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Often thought to be artifacts of the lab, prions in yeast may actually drive the evolution of beneficial traits.
Imaging cell cytoskeletons during early embryonic development leads researchers to uncover a new regulator of cell shape
A single mutant cell breaks free of its neighbors in the early stages of cancer development.
Hormones in the brain control sex-specific behaviors by activating individual genetic programs.
New research suggests that circular RNA transcripts are not as rare as previously thought.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.