A cell of the ichthyosporean C. perkinsii showing distinct signs of polarity, with clear cortical localization of the nucleus ...

The egg cell travels through the oviduct towards the ... Scientists worked out the structure of DNA in the 1950s. In 1951 Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, both working at King's College ...

The spermatozoon has a flagellum, which is a tail-shaped structure that allows the cell to propel and move. In contrast, each egg cell, or ovum, is relatively large and non-motile. During ...

Mature egg cells, or oocytes, are essential for fertilization in assisted reproductive technologies. However, some 'denuded' ...

Their findings are published in the journal Genes to Cells. While it has been possible to reconstruct the partial structure of an artificial cell nucleus inside a mouse oocyte, accurately ...