Friday, April 23, 2010

Mitosis in action

In an effort to learn exactly which cells are involved in mitosis, researchers are systematically inactivating genes--a whopping 21,000 of them--one at at time to solve the mystery. In addition, they're filming how cells with inactivate genes divide. This is one of their videos. Note the stop-watch action in the lower right and how long it takes between cell divisions. You can read more about the project, as well as view another video, here.