How enzymes locally block cell wall repair, allowing cells to fuse in an irreversible manner

The fusion of two cells is a decisive event in the sexual reproduction of many organisms. In fungi, cells must not only bring ...
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Cells Block Their Repair Systems To Fuse During Sexual Reproduction

Researchers found that the enzyme Pak2 helps yeast cells complete fusion by promoting fusion pore expansion. Without it, cell ...
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Harvard scientists create self-reproducing cells from scratch and witness Darwinian evolution in real time

The problem of how life evolved on Earth has intrigued the minds of many great scientists for centuries. Now, according to an exciting study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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Why Sex Exists

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Sex persists not just because it creates genetic variety, but because it helps clear harmful ...
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Immune Cells in the Ovary May Hold the Key to Slowing Female Reproductive Aging

A new review in the Journal of Ovarian Research argues that age-related shifts in ovarian macrophages, driven by pathways ...