Def cytokinesis and note down its phases.

Cytokinesis is the biological process in which division of cytoplasm of cell takes place to produce two daughter cells.

Phases of cytokinesis:

Cytokinesis in plant cells

C ytokinesis is animal cells

(i)

The division of the cytoplasm takes place by cell plate formation.

(i)

The division of the cytoplasm takes place by cleavage.

(ii)

Cell plate formation starts at the centre of the cell and grows outward, toward the lateral walls.

(ii)

Cleavage starts at the periphery and then moves inward , dividing the cell into two parts.

 
 

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