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Cell division is the division of a cell in reproduction or growth.The process by which a cell divides to form two daughter cells. Upon completion of the process, each daughter cell contains the same genetic material as the original cell and roughly half of its cytoplasm

Mitosis is the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.

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2006-10-17 16:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by Erin H 1 · 2 0

Mitosis is the process that the cell goes through to divide into 2 identical cells. Cell division is the result of Mitosis.

2006-10-17 16:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by smarties 6 · 3 0

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What's the difference between mitosis and cell division?

2015-08-18 15:27:55 · answer #3 · answered by Daphine 1 · 0 0

Actually both are the same. The difference is : during a mitosis in animal cells, we can always find a specific structure that called centrosome that become the center of spindel thread. In plant cells, we didn't find a specific structure (centrosome) like in animal cells. BUt the cell division will happen the same way as animal cells.

2016-03-18 03:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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Mitosis specifically refers to the process of duplicating and separating chromosomes into two equal sets. Mitotic cell division, on the other hand, probably refers to the combination of mitosis and cytokinesis, the process whereby the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell divides, forming two similar cells. Cytokinesis normally occurs shortly after mitosis (mitotic cell division), but also happens after the process of meiosis.

2016-04-11 06:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Mitosis: The process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells conventionally divided into five stages: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Mitosis conserves chromosome number by equally allocating replicated chromosomes to each daughter nuclei.

to make things simpler, mitosis-replicates body cells,etc. meiosis-replicates sex cells.
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2006-10-17 16:36:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Mitosis does not include cell division. It si the diviosion of the nucleus. Right after the last stage of mitosis (telophase) cytokinesis occurs, which is the division of the cytoplasm. This is when cell division occurs (cleavage furrow in animals/creation of a new cell wall in plants) . Cell division is not part of mitosis, even though it occurs right after.

2006-10-17 20:10:19 · answer #7 · answered by jonjon 2 · 0 2

cell division is process in which cell separates to form 2 or more daugther cell from a parent cell. there are 2 types of cell division, mitosis and meiosis. in mitosis cell divides and produce 2 identical cell. wherein meiosis cell divides and produce different cell compared with parent cell, they differ in no of chromosomes. mitosis is for growth while meiosis is for reproduction. i hope it helps. goodluck!!

2006-10-17 18:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

mitosis is a kind of cell division body cells. another type is meiosis which is cell division of sex cells.

2006-10-17 18:07:47 · answer #9 · answered by krizten v 1 · 0 0

Mitosis is the process by which a cell separates its duplicated genome into two identical halves. It is generally followed immediately by cytokinesis which divides the cytoplasm and cell membrane. This results in two identical daughter cells with a roughly equal distribution of organelles and other cellular components. Mitosis and cytokinesis together is defined as the mitotic (M) phase of the cell cycle, the division of the mother cell into two daughter cells, each the genetic equivalent of the parent cell.

Mitosis occurs exclusively in eukaryotic cells. In multicellular organisms, the somatic cells undergo mitosis, while germ cells — cells destined to become sperm in males or ova in females — divide by a related process called meiosis. Prokaryotic cells, which lack a nucleus, divide by a process called binary fission.

Because cytokinesis usually occurs in conjunction with mitosis, "mitosis" is often used interchangeably with "mitotic phase". However, there are many cells where mitosis and cytokinesis occur separately, forming single cells with multiple nuclei. This occurs most notably among the fungi and slime moulds, but is found in various different groups. Even in animals, cytokinesis and mitosis may occur independently, for instance during certain stages of fruit fly embryonic development.

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The primary result of mitosis is the division of the parent cell's genome into two daughter cells. The genome is composed of a number of chromosomes, complexes of tightly-coiled DNA that contain genetic information vital for proper cell function. Because each resultant daughter cell should be genetically identical to the parent cell, the parent cell must make a copy of each chromosome before mitosis. This occurs during the middle of interphase, the period that precedes the mitotic phase in the cell cycle where preparation for mitosis occurs.

Each chromosome now contains two identical copies of itself, called sister chromatids, attached together in a specialized region of the chromosome known as the centromere. Each sister chromatid is not considered a chromosome in itself.

In animals and plants, the nuclear envelope that separates the DNA from the cytoplasm degrades, and its fluid spills out into the cytoplasm. The chromosomes align themselves in an imaginary diameter line spanning the cell. Microtubules, essentially miniature strings, splay out from opposite ends of the cell and shorten, pulling apart the sister chromatids of each chromosome. As a matter of convention, each sister chromatid is now considered a chromosome, so they are renamed to sister chromosomes. As the cell elongates, corresponding sister chromosomes are pulled toward opposite ends. A new nuclear envelope forms around the separated sister chromosomes.

As mitosis completes cytokinesis is well underway. In animal cells, the cell pinches inward where the imaginary line used to be, separating the two developing nuclei. In plant cells, the daughter cells will construct a new dividing cell wall between each other. Eventually, the mother cell will be split in half, giving rise to two daughter cells, each with an equivalent and complete copy of the original genome.

Recall that prokaryotic cells undergo a similar process to mitosis called binary fission. Prokaryotes cannot be properly said to undergo mitosis because they lack a nucleus and only have a single chromosome with no centromere.

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Cell division (or local doubling) is the process by which a cell, called the parent cell, divides into two cells, called daughter cells. Cell division is usually a small segment of a larger cell cycle. In meiosis however, a cell is permanently transformed and cannot divide again.

Cell division is the biological basis of life. For simple unicellular organisms such as the Amoeba, one cell division reproduces an entire organism. On a larger scale, cell division can create progeny from multicellular organisms, such as plants that grow from cuttings. But most importantly, cell division enables sexually reproducing organisms to develop from the one-celled zygote, which itself was produced by cell division from gametes. And after growth, cell division allows for continual renewal and repair of the organism.

The primary concern of cell division is the maintenance of the original cell's genome. Before division can occur, the genomic information which is stored in chromosomes must be replicated, and the duplicated genome separated cleanly between cells. A great deal of cellular infrastructure is involved in keeping genomic information consistent between "generations".

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2006-10-18 00:23:09 · answer #10 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 1 2

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