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When a cell divides it produces two new cells, Daughter Cells. These are identicle to the parent cell in every way exept size (Nb not true for the first divisions of cell that will become a multicellular organism). To separate, the parent cell must replicate all its DNA so that both the daughters have a full Genetic Code. The DNA is stored within a nucleus (in Eukaryotes, not bacteria etc) and just before the cell splits there are two nuclei in it. These nuclei move through the cytoplasm to the most separate points in the cell, stretching the cell out into a an oval shape. Once this has happend this has happend the middle of the cell shrinks until the two sides meat. Think of it like having a long sausage shaped balloon with a peice of string looped around it. If you pull the string tighter the balloon shrkins in the middle. When the two sides of the parent cell meat they Fuse forming the two new daughter cells.

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