Cytokinesis (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What is cytokinesis?
What is cytokinesis?
Division of cytoplasm after mitosis
When does cytokinesis occur in the cell cycle?
When does cytokinesis occur in the cell cycle?
Immediately after mitosis is complete
What does each daughter cell receive from the parent cell during cytokinesis?
What does each daughter cell receive from the parent cell during cytokinesis?
Same number of identical chromosomes
How are organelles distributed during cytokinesis?
How are organelles distributed during cytokinesis?
Each cell gets approx. half the organelles
What forms during cytokinesis in animal cells?
What forms during cytokinesis in animal cells?
A cleavage furrow that pinches inward
Where does the cleavage furrow appear in animal cells?
Where does the cleavage furrow appear in animal cells?
At the position of the cell's equator
Why can't plant cells form a cleavage furrow?
Why can't plant cells form a cleavage furrow?
Their rigid cell walls prevent it
What do vesicles contain during plant cell cytokinesis?
What do vesicles contain during plant cell cytokinesis?
Cellulose for new cell walls
How does the cell plate grow in plant cells?
How does the cell plate grow in plant cells?
Outward from the centre
What is the key difference between mitosis and cytokinesis?
What is the key difference between mitosis and cytokinesis?
Mitosis separates chromosomes, cytokinesis divides the cell