Principles of Animal Genetics and Population Genetics: Cell division

Cell division

CELL DIVISION

The cell cycle, or cell-division cycle, is an ordered series of events that take place in a cell leading to cell growth and its division and duplication (replication into two daughter cells).
Cytokinesis is the physical division of the cytoplasm whereby the nuclei, cytoplasm, organelles and cell membrane of a single eukaryotic cell is divided into two daughter cells containing roughly equal shares.

Types of Cell Division

Mitosis

Mitosis produces two daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell.
This type of cell division allows multicellular organisms to grow and repair damaged tissue.

Meiosis

Meiosis (double cell division) produces daughter cells that have one half the numbers of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Meiosis is necessary in sexually-reproducing organisms because the fusion of two gametes (fertilization) doubles the number of chromosomes.

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