What is cell division?

Biology · Middle School · Thu Jan 21 2021

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 Explanation : The division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material . 

Most of the time when people refer to “cell division,” they mean mitosis, the process of making new body cells. Meiosis is the type of cell division that creates egg and sperm cells. Mitosis is a fundamental process for life. 

Cell division is fundamental to all living organisms and required for growth and development. As an essential means of reproduction for all living things, cell division allows organisms to transfer their genetic material to their offspring. 

Cells must divide in order to produce more cells. They complete this division in three different ways called mitosis, meiosis, and binary fission.