Researchers found that changes in gravity affect the reproductive process in plants. Gravity modulates traffic on the intracellular “highways” that ensure the growth and functionality of the male ...

The mice scurrying around their cage in Katsuhiko Hayashi’s laboratory do not look remarkable. They run, eat and sleep like others of their kind. But these eight rodents have an unusual origin story, ...

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Scientists have discovered a sexual reproduction process in microalgae that helps them better understand algae and plant evolution. Their discovery could lead to new industrial applications for ...

Male: By the tenth week of pregnancy, a fetus's gender is evident, and by week 14 sex organs have formed. Female: At 20 weeks, a female fetus has a fully developed reproductive system, replete with ...

A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant -- a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period -- ...

What Is the Seminal Vesicle? The seminal vesicles—sometimes called the seminal glands or vesicular glands—are part of the reproductive system in people assigned male at birth. They are small glands ...

Until recently, the only way to make eggs or sperm was the old-fashioned way: in the ovaries and testes. In the not-too-distant future, it may be possible to use cells from almost any part of the body ...

This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots of ...

Butterflies (Papilionoidea) come in a remarkable variety of colors and patterns, from the orange majesty of the monarch to the lustrous red and blue of the peacock butterfly, but all butterflies ...