Tag: daughter cells

Mitosis

Post author By Konstantina Louka
Post date October 10, 2020

Mitosis is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells that are identical to each other and their parent cell as well. Mitosis is an important process for many organisms since it serves different purposes. The zygote, the first cell of a new organism, undergoes a series of mitotic divisions to give […]

Molecular Biology

The genetic material

Post author By Konstantina Louka
Post date September 19, 2020

DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid is the genetic material of all the cells and most viruses, with the exception of some viruses that use another type of nucleic acid, called RNA or Ribonucleic acid. As we will see in the following posts, DNA presents some characteristics that make it the ideal molecule to carry out the […]