Biologists may have pinpointed for the first time the mechanism responsible for cell polyploidy, a state in which cells contain more than two paired sets of chromosomes. An international team of ...

An international team of scientists, including biologists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may have pinpointed for the first time the mechanism responsible for cell polyploidy ...

However, the team also discovered that polyploid cells can tolerate a greater amount of DNA damage than diploid cells. As ...

However, the team also discovered that polyploid cells can tolerate a greater amount of DNA damage than diploid cells. As diploid cells accumulate damage, they eventually stop cell division and ...

However, the team also discovered that polyploid cells can tolerate a greater amount of DNA damage than diploid cells. As diploid cells accumulate damage, they eventually stop cell division and ...

Chris Pires, published in the September issue of the American Journal of Botany, examines the effects of polyploidy on a more common type of cell division, mitosis—the process of cell division ...

Assistant Professor of Biology Vicki Losick admits she harbors a desire to change the world a little bit. “I want to make ‘polyploidy’ a household word,” Losick said in her Higgins Hall office, next ...

A new study challenges a widely-held notion about cell division. © screenshot from a video by The University of Manchester, with photo editing by Gizmodo If you took ...

However, the team also discovered that polyploid cells can tolerate a greater amount of DNA damage than diploid cells. As diploid cells accumulate damage, they eventually stop cell division and ...