Plant and animal cells are both extremely important to the survival of millions of species and without them, life couldn’t ...

A look at the cells of different organisms and a comparison of the structures found in plant and animal cells. All animal cells are surrounded by a membrane which contains the cytoplasm.

Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria are four cell components that are found ...

While plant stem cells have not received the same spotlight, they hold immense potential for advancing agriculture and food ...

Stem cells in plants are crucial for their growth and development, controlling cell division and differentiation in roots, ...

Plant cells have some specialized properties that make them distinct from animal cells. Learn how special structures, such as chloroplasts and cell walls, create this distinction.

Do similar mechanisms operate in plant and animal stem cells to maintain long-term division and pluripotency? In conclusion, at least some of the genes that control the stem cell state in animals ...

You might think flowers don't have much choice about who they mate with, given they are rooted to the ground and can't move.

Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists at Brown University and ...

This pattern of folding, then not folding any more ... to how humans ‘think’, just without one central brain. ‘Plant cells fire spikes of voltage in the form of action potentials, just ...

Plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model. The discovery ...

But animals aren't the only ones with stem cells. Huanzhong Wang, professor of plant molecular biology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), wants people to know that ...