BOTANY WITH THE BASICS OF HYDROBOTANY (AQUATIC PLANTS OF UKRAINE) - B.Ye. Yakubenko - 2011

V. CYTOLOGY. THE CONCEPT OF THE CELL

Methods of New Cell Formation

Cell Division

This is the most common way new Cells are formed in plant organisms. Direct division of The Nucleus and Cell (amitosis) and indirect division are distinguished

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Fig. 8. Diagrams of Cell Division:

A — amitosis; B — mitosis: 1 — interphase, 2 — prophase, 3 — metaphase,

4 — anaphase, 5 — telophase; C — Meiosis: 1 — interphase; 2 — prophase I,

3 — metaphase I, 4 — anaphase I, 5 — telophase I; 6 — prophase II,

7 — metaphase II, 8 — anaphase II, 9 — telophase II.



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