Table 7.3: Difference between mitosis in Plants and Animals
| Plants | Animals |
|---|---|
| Centrioles are absent | Centrioles are present |
| Asters are not formed | Asters are formed |
| Cell division involves the formation of a cell plate | Cell division involves furrowing and cleavage of cytoplasm |
| Occurs mainly at meristem | Occurs in tissues throughout the body |
| Mitosis | Meiosos |
|---|---|
| One division | Two division |
| Number of chromosome remain the same | Number of chromosome is halved |
| Homologous chromosomes line up separately on the metaphase plate | Homologous chromosomes line up in pair at the metaphase plate |
| Homologous chromosome do not pair up | Homologous chromosome pairup to form bivalent |
| Chiasmata do not form and crossing over never occurs | Chiasmata form and crossing over occurs |
| Daughter cells are genetically identical | Daughter cells are genetically different from parent cell |
| Two daughter cells are formed | four daughter cells are formed |
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