AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike eukaryotes, prokaryotes (which include bacteria) undergo a type of cell division known as binary fission. In some respects, this process is similar to mitosis; it requires replication of the cell’s chromosomes, segregation of the copied DNA, and splitting of the parent cell’s cytoplasm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Binary fission occurs primarily in prokaryotes (bacteria), while mitosis only occurs in eukaryotes (e.g., plant and animal cells). Binary fission is a simpler and faster process than mitosis. The third main form of cell division is meiosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prokaryotes reproduce through a cell division process called binary fission.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mitosis is the eukaryotic answer to binary fission in the single-celled prokaryotes, which is similar on the surface but simpler at the level of details. Mitosis in humans is fundamentally the same as it is in all eukaryotes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Binary fission is a type of asexual reproduction typically observed in prokaryotes and a few single-celled eukaryotes. In this method of asexual reproduction, there is a separation of the parent cell into two new daughter cells.