During development, different precursor lineages give rise to the full complement of cell types in a multicellular organism. Some lineages are more rigid, generating a fixed number of progeny of a ...

During early embryogenesis, fast mitotic cycles without interphase lead to a decrease in cell size, while scaling mechanisms must keep cellular structures proportional to cell size. For instance, as ...

When a single bacterial cell divides into two during periods of rapid growth, it doesn't split in half once it reaches a predetermined size. Instead, data has shown, a cell will divide once it has ...