Cell division

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Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells and is usually an integral part of the cell cycle. This type of cell division is called mitosis where the daughter cells are capable of dividing again. In another type of cell division (meiosis) present only in eukaryotes, a cell is permanently transformed into a gamete and cannot divide again until fertilization.

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Prokaryotic cell division

Eukaryotic cell division

Interphase

The stages of mitotic division

Prophase

Metaphase

The chromosomes attached to the spindle are moved to te equatorial plane of the cell

Anaphase

Telophase

The stages of meiotic division

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