What is one difference between mitotic cell division in plant and mitotic cell division in animals?

Answer 1

There are two key differences.

1) In animal cells, there are centrioles that pull on the spindle fibers at the left and right poles of the cell during metaphase. Centrioles do not exist in plant cells.

2) When a cell ends telophase and reenters into interphase, plant and animal cells vary. Plant cells form a plate or wall in the center of it's cytoplasm to divide and eventually break apart the cell into two. Animal cells squeeze inward until they pinch apart into two.

Answer 2

One main difference in the mitotic processes between plant and animals cells is that animal cells have centriole which is replicated to assist with the changes of the chromosomes that take place. Plant cells do not have centriole to help in this stage of the process.

Answer 3

One difference is the presence of a cell plate in plant cells during cytokinesis, which helps divide the cytoplasm. In animal cells, cytokinesis typically involves the formation of a cleavage furrow to divide the cell.

Answer 4

Astral rays are formed in animal cells during spindle formation but not in plant cell during mitotic division.