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Animal cells contain only a cell membrane surrounding their cytoplasm. Upon cell division (which by the way, is not a part of mitosis or meiosis), spindle fibres from within the cell pull the membrane inward and it begins to cleave or indent and it looks sort of like the top part of a heart. Eventually the fibres contract until the cell membrane has been split completely. This does not occur in plant cells because of the presence of cellulose cell walls. Because of this, the cell walls of plant cells are more rigid than animal cells and they cannot cleave. Instead, a 'plate' forms between the two new nuclei that were created during mitosis or meiosis. Eventually the plate develops and two separate cells are formed without any cleave furrowing occurring.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause plants have a rigid cell wall and animal cells do not
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∙ 9y agoCleavage furrowing is a suitable mechanism for cytokinesis in animal cells but not plant cells because plants have cell walls. Cellulose, other on the hand, is too tough.
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∙ 12y agoPlants have cell walls which have to be built between the daughter cells.
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∙ 13y agoThe thick, rigid cell wall in plant cells do not allow the formation of a furrow.
Therefore, the cell plate which is the future cell wall is formed.
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∙ 12y agoPlants have cell walls which have to be built between the daughter cells.
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∙ 11y agoBecause plant cells have a cell wall.So it is not easy to divide the cell by a clevage furrow.
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Do plant cells specialize in the same way animal cells do?
Plant cells do specialize but not in the same way as animal cells. Animal cells have specialized cells such as nerve cells, reproductive cells or muscle cells etc. Plant cells do not have any of those. But Plant cells have other specialized cells such as photosynthesis cells, epidermal cells etc. Both Animal and Plant cells have specialized cells that perform a specific function to keep the cell/organism alive.
What two parts do plant cells have that animal cells so mot?
Plant cells have a amyloplast and a chloroplast
What is the difference between the animal cell and plant cell?
1) Plant cells have cell wall which is absent in animal cell. 2) Plant cell lack centrioles whereas animal cells have centrioles.
How are bacterial cell different from animal and plant cells?
bacterial are much smaller plant cells are square shaped and animal cells are round also bacteria are prokaryotes,they dont have a nucleus,unlike plants and animal cells that do have a nucleus.
Is the vacuole found within a plant cell or animal cell?
The vacuole is found within a plant cell and animal cell. The plant cells have a large, central vacuole while animal cells have small, multiple vacuoles.
In animal cells is cell division accomplished by the formation of a cleavage furrow?
The cell membrane creates a cleavage furrow in animal cells, pinching the original (mother) cell in to two pieces. New cell walls are constructed at the midline of the original cell in plant cells.
How is cytokinesis in plants cells different to cyokinesis in aminal cells?
In plant cells cell plate is formed.In animal cells cleavage furrow occurs.
How is plant cells and animal cell different?
Cytokenesis in plant cells divide with a cell plate, that will later form the cell wall structure of the plant cell. In animal cells, a cleavage furrow forms and splits the cell membranes.
Cleavage furrow plus centrioles in cell division?
No. It is only found in animal cells undergoing cell division. Plant cells must form a cell plate in cytokinesis.
What does not belong cleavage furrow cytokinesis spindle fiber cell plate?
Cleavage furrow.Cell plate formation only occurs in plant cells. Spindle fiber is found in plant cells and cytokinesis occurs in plant cells.Cleavage furrow doesn't occur in plant cells and is the only one not to.
What structures form on plant cells during cytokinesis?
Cleavage Furrow
How are plant cells and animals cells similar?
well they are both eukaryotic so they are very similar. However animal cells do not have a chloroplasts, while plant cells do. Also, animal cells have centrioles while plant cells do not. Another difference is that during mitosis and meiosis plant cells produce a cell plate, while animal cells produce cleavage furrow.
What is the difference between cell division in plant cells and in animal cells is that plant cells have?
One difference between cell division in plant cells and in animal cells is that plant cells have a cell plate. Animals cell's have a cleavage furrow.
Do plant and animal cells develop a cell plate?
Nope. Cell plate is a structure that forms in the cells of land plants while they are undergoing cell division. The biggest and most noticeable difference between plant and animal cytokinesis is that plants form a cell plate while dividing, whereas animal cells form a cleavage furrow. Plants have to form a cell plate because they have cell walls and animals don't.
How does cytokinesis in animal cells differ from cyoknesis in plant cells?
In animal cells cytokinesis occurs when a cleavage furrow(a groove in the cell surface) forms around the cell. This furrow narrows the cell across the centre and eventually pinches it into two new cells.In plant cells a cleavage furrow does not form. Instead a cell plate forms across the equator of the cell. The cell plate consists of small vesicles which fuse to form two membranes across the cell. The new membranes fuse with the existing cell membranes and a new cell wall forms between them.
How is cytokinesis in plant cell different from cytokinesis in animal cells?
In human and animal cells, cytokinesis involves the cytoplasm and cell membrane pinching itself in two, called the cleavage furrow, forming 2 "daughter" cells. In plants, cytokinesis involves the formation of a cell plate. Basically the cell elongates a little, and then grows a new cell wall right down the middle, effectively dividing the cell.
What is the difference between cytokinesis in animal cells and cytokinesis in a plant cell?
In cells that lack a cell wall (animal cells), the cell pinches into two. In cells that have a cell wall (plant cells), a cell plate forms between the two new cells. --- Cytokinesis in an animal cell occurs by a process called cleavage. A cleavage furrow appears and at the site of the cleavage furrow, the cytoplasm has a ring of microfilaments made of actin associated with molecules of the protein myosin. This ring of proteins will contract causing the furrow to deepen, which will then in turn pinch the cell into two separate cells. In a plant cell, vesicles containing cell wall material collect at the middle of the parent cell. They will fuse and form a membranous cell plate. This plate will grow outward and it accumulates more cell wall material. Eventually the plate will fuse with the plasma membrane and the cell plates contents will join the parental cell wall. This results in two different daughter cells.
