In contrast, in eukaryotes, all of the cell's chromosomes are stored inside a structure called the nucleus. Each eukaryotic chromosome is composed of DNA coiled and condensed around nuclear ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

A large structure called the mitotic spindle ... Anaphase ensures that each daughter cell receives an identical set of chromosomes. Finally, during telophase, a nuclear membrane forms around ...

The improper segregation of chromosomes during cell division leads to abnormalities that disrupt ... such as the organization of chromatin (the structure containing DNA) and the nuclear lamina (a ...

In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like structures called chromosomes. The nucleus of one of your skin cells contains about two metres of DNA ...