Division of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

In this topic

• Why cells divide
• Prokaryotes: binary fission
• The eukaryotic cell cycle
• The phases of mitosis and its outcome

Key terms

• Cell cycle
• Interphase
• S phase
• G₀ state
• Checkpoint
• Mitosis
• Chromatid
• Centromere
• Kinetochore
• Spindle
• Cytokinesis
• Binary fission

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