I just don't get it, so help me somebody! Please!
2007-03-13 04:33:53 · 5 answers · asked by tigertrot1986 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Are the steps of binary fission any different from those of mitosis?
2007-03-13 04:34:59 · update #1
Binary fission is cell division without having to go through the lining up of chromosomes and separating them equally to the daughter cells.
It's a characteristic of prokaryotes -- there's only one chromosome, and it's bound to the membrane. Cytogenesis will make one chromosome go to each daughter cell as a result of each daughter getting part of the membrane that has one chromosome.
2007-03-13 09:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Binary fission is only for bacteria, mitosis is for cells.
2007-03-13 11:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by comicfreak33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Binary fission is when a single-celled organism forms two cells of the same size...it is asexual reproduction. The DNA replicates and then the cell separates.
2007-03-13 11:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by molls131 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both mean cell division but binary fission is in bacterium and micro-organisms while mitosis is in animals and human
2007-03-13 11:40:15 · answer #4 · answered by Ana C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mitosis implies events involving a eukaryotic cell, ie cells with a nucleus.
2007-03-13 13:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by john 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋