One for You, One for Me: Researchers Gain New Insight Into the Chromosome Separation Process

Each time a cell divides--and it takes millions of cell divisions to create a fully grown human body from a single fertilized cell--its chromosomes have to be accurately divvied up between both daughter cells. Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research used, ironically enough, the single-celled organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae--commonly known as baker's yeast--to gain new insight into the process by which chromosomes are physically segregated during cell division.

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