Researchers have uncovered how egg cells prepare for the creation of life. Their work reveals the secrets of the Balbiani ...

Using open-source computational models of a fruit fly oocyte, researchers were able to recreate these life-creating eddies in action. The egg cell lies at the very foundation of all life on Earth.

A novel molecular tool developed by a Lehigh University professor of biological sciences is enabling scientists to precisely ...

Researchers have uncovered how egg cells prepare for the creation of life. Their work reveals the secrets of the Balbiani body, a remarkable structure ...

What are the epigenetic changes that occur in mice germ cells throughout their maturation? Studies in mice help us generate a picture of exactly how oocyte and sperm become properly programmed at ...

The fertilized egg has all the mRNA needed for proteins during rapid cell division ... by polyadenylation in the cytoplasm of the oocytes after fertilization was still valid and intriguing ...

has been conducting research to turn pig-to-human transplantation from science fiction to life-saving medical care Scientist Anneke Walters sorts through oocytes -- cells in the ovaries -- being ...