In what ways does cell division in plant cells differ from that in animal cells?

Answer 1

The actual division is different. Plants develop a cell plate between the two daughter cells, while animal cells form a crease, like you are tying a string around a balloon and then pinch off.

Answer 2

In multiple ways. Plant cell division is refered to as Mytosis, while Animal cell division is called Myeosis. Plant cells have cell walls; the thick outerlining of the cell that helps maintain water tension and structure. Meanwhile, the animal cell does not have a cell wall, but a cell membrane.

When a plant cell goes through mytosis, and eventually reaches telophase (eep, I think?) a membrane will form between the two sister cells. Eventually the cell will form a cleave and seperate, all the while maintaining that cell membrane.

When an animal cell has reached the end of its cycle, the cell will also cleave, pinching the membrane and nuclear membrane together.

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Answer 3

Plant cells:
1. no centrioles or asters at the poles of the spindle
2. cytokinesis involves forming a cell plate at the equator of the cell. The new plasma membranes and cell walls form along that.

Animal cells:
1. have centrioles and asters at the poles of the spindle
2. cytokinesis involves pinching in the plasma membrane at the equator (making a cleavage furrow). The plasma membrane continues pinching in until the daughter cells are separated completely.

Answer 4

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