August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...
A mathematical model provides new insights into the distribution of genetic information during bacterial cell division The precise segregation of DNA and the faithful inheritance of plasmids are ...
India, March 17 -- Selfish chromosomes bias genetic inheritance by manipulating the overdrive (Ovd) gene, a natural sperm ...