What would happen to cells in a hypothetical cell line if mitosis occurs every 10 hours but cytokinesis occurs every 20 hours?

Answer 1

If in a cell mitosis occurs every 10 hours but cytokineses occurs every 20 hours the cell would be out of balance. As we know mitosis, is the process by which a animal or plant cell separates the chromosomes in its nucleus into two identical sets. However, cytokineses is when the cytoplasm splits into two. Upon knowing this we know now that if they are both slow enough, it wouldn't effect the cell that much. But if it is to slow then the cell might become a cell with no nucleus, or with no cytoplasm. Though this rarely happens. The cell most likely will stay the same.

Answer 2

The cells would continuously duplicate their DNA during mitosis but would not be able to divide into two separate cells due to the delayed cytokinesis. This would result in the accumulation of cells with multiple nuclei, leading to increased genetic material and ultimately cell death or abnormal function due to the lack of proper division.