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Mitosis is the division of the nucleus into two daughter nuclei. Binary fission is the dividing of a cell into two cells. Either a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell can do it.

Binary fission is asexual reproduction for prokaryotes whereby a cell duplicates its chromosomes and then splits into two identical cells (each with one copy). Mitosis is essentially the same thing for eukaryotes except that there is an extra step because the nucleus needs to divide too. Mitosis is just the division (essentially, binary fission) of a cell's nucleus. Cytokinesis is the final step, when the cell itself divides into two new eukaryotic cells (each with one nucleus).

The essential difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is that prokaryotes lack membrane bound organelles. Additionally, they do not have the mitotic apparatus [mitotic spindle, centrioles, centromeres, kinetochores).

Chromosomal replication in binary fission does not involve sister chromatids. Still, the replicated chromosomes must be separated. This is accomplished via the cell membrane as opposed to the mitotic spindle apparatus.Mitosis copy chorosomes and binary fission copy DNA.

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