Sometimes the best way to understand a biological process is to disrupt the normal process and analyze the result. That’s why Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) researchers used a strain of mutant mice ...

In the choreography of meiosis—the process responsible for sex cell division in all eukaryotic life—the pairing of homologous chromosomes (homologs) is essential. Errors in this process can lead to an ...

Meiosis produces sperm and eggs with exactly half the chromosome number of the individual producing the gametes. To ensure that each gamete has one copy of each chromosome pair, the diploid cell ...