In flowering plants, the transition from cross-fertilization (outcrossing) to self-fertilization has evolved repeatedly across species. This shift is often accompanied by a well-known set of traits ...

A soil scientist from RUDN University discovered the effect of fertilization on the ability of the soil to retain carbon. To understand this mechanism, he and his team studied the movement of organic ...

In vitro fertilization (IVF) in mammals encompasses a series of coordinated steps that replicate the natural union of gametes outside the body. Following ovarian stimulation and oocyte retrieval, ...

Researchers have uncovered a developmental switch needed to activate global transcriptional silencing, a key step needed for the fertilization of eggs. Zfp36L2 acts as a switch toward the end of ...

Translated from the Russian ed., 1968. At head of title : Akademiya nauk SSSR, Institut biologii razvitiya. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Development Biology. siris_sil_59869 ...

Human bodies have to be built from a single egg cell that's fertilized by a sperm cell. Many rounds of cell division occur as the body is developing, and it seems that there are plenty of chances for ...