Eukaryotic cells, including human cells, form paired condensed chromosomes before cell division. The paired chromosomes are then equally divided into the daughter cells. Prokaryotic cells, including ...

Countless laws of construction and constitution penetrate matter like secret flashes of mathematical lightning. To equal nature it is necessary to be mathematically and geometrically exact. Number and ...

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Researchers centered at Japan's National Institute for Physiological Sciences reveal details of the structure of compacted DNA transiently formed at the time of cell division in cyanobacteria.