Question

What is the difference between mitosis in plant cell and animal cell?

Answer 1

Hint: Mitosis is the process of cell division which takes place in the somatic or body cells. In this process a parent cell divides into two similar daughter cells which are genetically identical. The mitosis in animal cells differs from that of plant cells due to the presence of centrioles.

Complete answer:
Let us discuss the difference in mitosis between the animal cell and the plant cell.

Mitosis in Animal cell	Mitosis in plant cell
The animal cells become rounded before cell division.	The shape of the plant cell does not change.
No specific hormone is identified which induces mitosis.	Cytokinins are the hormones which induce mitosis.
Centrosomes are formed	Centrosomes are not formed.
The mitotic apparatus contains asters.	Mitotic apparatus lacks asters.
Centrioles are present along with the mitotic spindle.	Centrioles are absent.
Spindle degenerates before the beginning of the cytoplasmic division.	Spindle is present as phragmoplast during cytoplasmic division.
Cytokinesis occurs through furrow formation	Cytokinesis occurs through the formation of cell plates.
Occurs throughout the body.	Occurs in the meristems.
Midbody appears.	Midbody does not appear.

Additional information: The mitosis consists of two divisions- Karyokinesis or the nuclear division and cytokinesis called the cytoplasmic division. The karyokinesis takes place in four phases- Prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.

Note: The chromosomes double or replicate during the interphase. The microtubules are responsible for forming spindle fibres. The asters are the centrioles which are present in the animal cell. It guides the formation of spindles and is located at each pole.