Eating large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked not only to reduced fertility in men, but also to slower growth ...

Researchers say both mothers‑ and fathers‑to‑be play an important role in pregnancy and offspring outcomes.

Eating less ultra-processed food, especially around the time of conception and pregnancy, is better for both parents and ...

Prof Jules Griffin, Director of the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, said: ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding maternal control and activating its own genetic program. This critical process, ...

Biologists have provided new insights on a longstanding puzzle in biology: How complex organisms arise from a single fertilized cell. Producing a new 'gene atlas' with 4-D imaging, the researchers ...

Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can move around the genome. Many of these DNA sequences originate from long ago, when viruses inserted their genetic material into our ancestors' ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early embryonic development have remained elusive – particularly for egg-laying ...