SCs can undergo symmetrical cell division, which increases the SC population by generating two daughter SCs, and asymmetrical cell division, which allows self-renewal and differentiation by ...

As organisms age, their cells accumulate damage that impairs ... This was because binary fission was thought to be a symmetrical division, producing a parent and offspring identical in age ...

Thus, while we often think of cell division in early embryos as being completely symmetrical, it is apparent that the two cells that result from the initial cleavage begin to accumulate ...