How does binary fission differ from meiosis?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

binary fission is a form of asexual reproduction in single celled organisms (usually prokaryotic), the cell divides into 2 (equal usually) sized offspring. while mitosis divides the cells nucleus into 2 replicated daughter cells.

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Answer 3

I think its because prokaryotic cells which use binary fission to make new cells, don't have a cell membrane and eukaryotic cells do have a cell membrane. i like bun's your hands are big. :) :0 ;-]

Answer 4

Binary fission reproduces a replica while meiosis reproduces a similar offspring. In binary fission, two cells are produced from one parent cell, while four cells are produced from one parent cell in meiosis.

Answer 5

Binary fission is the form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size, used by most prokaryotes. This process results in the reproduction of a living cell by division into two equal or near-equal parts.

Cell division is a process by which a cell, called the parent cell, divides into two cells, called daughter cells. Cell division is usually a small segment of a larger cell cycle. In meiosis however, a cell is permanently transformed and cannot divide again.

Answer 6

Binary fission is the asexual reproduction of a single-celled organism by division into two roughly equal parts and Mitosis is the division of the cell nucleus and its contents.

Answer 7

Mitosis involves copying the cell's nucleus.<---------- novanet