Embryonic stem (ES) cells are undifferentiated cells derived from early developing embryos; they have the potential to differentiate into numerous cell types under in vitro and in vivo conditions. The ...

A common strategy to create high-yielding plants is hybrid breeding. However, getting the inbred lines in the first place can be a hassle. In maize, the use of so-called 'haploid inducers' provides a ...

The production of doubled haploids (DH) has become a necessary tool in advanced plant breeding institutes and commercial companies for breeding many crop species. However, the development of new, more ...

Androgenetic haploids can be produced by holding zebrafish eggs in coho salmon ovarian fluid, irradiating them with 10,000 R of x-rays, and then fertilizing them with normal sperm. To produce diploid ...

Stem cell research holds huge potential for medicine and human health. In particular, human embryonic stem cells (ESCs), with their ability to turn into any cell in the human body, are essential to ...

All cells arise from other cells through the process of cell division. Meiosis is a specialized form of cell division that produces reproductive cells, such as plant and fungal spores and sperm and ...

Sometimes less is more. Scientists have created a new kind of human stem cell that has just half a genome. The cells can be turned into any tissue in the human body, despite only containing one set of ...

Xin Li receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Edan Jackson receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Josh Li ...