Research shows how the curved shape of a zebrafish egg sets cell division timing, gene activation, and early cell fate ...

Although the phrase "what came first, the chicken or the egg" at first appears paradoxical, science confirms that the egg maintains temporal supremacy. However, a new study from the University of ...

A cell of the ichthyosporean C. perkinsii showing distinct signs of polarity, with clear cortical localization of the nucleus before the first cleavage. Microtubules are shown in magenta, DNA in blue, ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...