Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

In multicellular animals and plants the single-celled zygote develops into the embryo. However, observation of zygote division in living material in real time is difficult owing to the restricted ...

In most flowering plants, the asymmetric cell division of the zygote is the initial step in establishing the apical–basal axis of the mature plant. The zygote is polarized, possessing the nucleus at ...

The process of embryogenesis begins with an egg or ovum being fertilized by a sperm cell to form a zygote. The zygote is a single diploid cell, which will ultimately multiply through mitotic division ...

One mechanism for generating cellular diversity during development is to segregate cell-fate determinants predominantly into one daughter cell upon division. This review emphasizes the molecular ...