Question

Compare and contrast cytokines in animal and plant cells

Answer 1

Answer:

Cytokinesis in animal cells occur by cleavage while in plants it occurs through the formation of a cell plate.  

Explanation:

• Cytokinesis refers to the process through which the cytoplasm divide in animal and plant cells.
• It occurs after the division of the nucleus.
• Cytokinesis in animal cells differs from that in plant cells in that, in animal cells it occurs by cleavage while in plant cells cytokinesis occurs through the formation of a cell plate.
• In animal cells, cleavage occurs as a result of the activity of actin and myosin which results to dividing of cytoplasm in to two.
• In plant cells, cell plate is formed by the fusion of golgi bodies on the equator which will generate cell wall and the plasma membrane between daughter cells.