Genetic and epigenetic factors determining centromere structure and function In candida species

Abstract

The cell division is a fundamental process of life through which a mother cell transmits genetic information to daughter cells. Depending on the requirement sensed mostly by the environmental cues cells undergo two types of cell division. The cell division that is associated with growth and repair is called mitosis. The other type of cell division associated with sexual reproduction is called meiosis. A cell, conducive to division, has to go through a cyclic series of processes known as cell cycle. The mitotic cell cycle is mainly divided into two phases: a) interphase (pre-mitotic) where duplication of genetic material takes place by DNA replication in S phase and b) mitotic phase where duplicated genome is distributed equally between the daughter cells by a process called chromosome segregation.