Cell biology: scaling and the emergence of evolutionary cell biology

A new study investigating the origins of diversity in the structure of the mitotic spindle in nematode embryos, at timescales spanning a few generations to hundreds of millions of years, finds that most features of the spindle evolve via a scaling relationship generated by natural selection acting d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current biology 2015-03, Vol.25 (6), p.R223-R225
Hauptverfasser:	Phillips, Patrick C, Bowerman, Bruce
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological Evolution Caenorhabditis elegans - embryology Caenorhabditis elegans - genetics Caenorhabditis elegans - ultrastructure Cell Biology Chromosome Segregation Embryo, Nonmammalian - ultrastructure Selection, Genetic Spindle Apparatus - ultrastructure
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Zusammenfassung:	A new study investigating the origins of diversity in the structure of the mitotic spindle in nematode embryos, at timescales spanning a few generations to hundreds of millions of years, finds that most features of the spindle evolve via a scaling relationship generated by natural selection acting directly upon embryo size.
ISSN:	0960-9822 1879-0445
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.049