Does this imply that prokaryotic cells don't undergo mitotic division?
2006-11-06 07:02:55 · 4 answers · asked by Kat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Prokaryotic cells do not undergo mitosis. Prokaryotic cells divide by fission,
2006-11-06 07:09:34 · answer #1 · answered by leprechaun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no implication. That is an emphatic no. Prokaryotic cells do not undergo mitosis. There are no subcellular organelles to be duplicated and redistributed. The only thing that is replicated in prokaryotic cells is the circular DNA. The process that causes prokaryotes to reproduce is called binary fission. One cell grows big enough then splits to become two. There is no mitosis in this process.
2006-11-06 15:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by biosciguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because prokaryotic cells do not contain chromosomes. They have no nucleus, and their DNA just exists in the cell. This means if it is linear or chromosome shaped, that the ends are open to attack my enzymes. In order to avoid this most prokaryotes have circular DNA, and some also have plasmids present.
You see stages of mitosis in eukaryotic cells because the chromosomes condense and become visible. There are no chromosomes in prokaryotic cells to condense and become visible.
2006-11-06 15:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Eukaryotic cells nucleus is clearly visible and stages are easily identified.
Procaryotic have no nucleus to view the stages of Mitosis
2006-11-06 15:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by quinton p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋