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- 1From:Natural History (Vol. 126, Issue 3)When a female germ cell divides during meiosis, it does so unevenly. As the cellular material is pulled apart from opposite ends, a set of chromosomes on the larger side produces the egg. Elements on the other side are...
- 2From:Science News (Vol. 174, Issue 12)PHILADELPHIA -- Women and men sometimes do things differently, right down to divvying up their genetic legacies. This divvying up is known as meiosis, a process that cuts the number of chromosomes in half during the...
- 3From:Natural History (Vol. 114, Issue 1)By any standard, the sex life of the edible frog, Rana esculenta, is a strange affair. Common in Europe, the frog is a hybrid of R. lessonae and R. ridibunda. Put a male and female R. esculenta together, though, and...
- 4From:Science News (Vol. 138, Issue 1)Uneven Inheritance Arthur Beaudet's goal as a molecular biologist seemed straight-forward enough: Find the gene causing cystic fibrosis, the most common inherited disorder among U.S. Caucasians. Instead, he stumbled...
- 5From:Science News (Vol. 148, Issue 17)Researchers studying a mutant strain of fruit flies discovered a protein that appears necessary for proper division of chromosomal material during meiosis. Inserting a genetic blend for the protein into mei-S322 flies...