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| Cytokinesis in plant cell | Cytokinesis in animal cell |
| It starts with a plate formation. | Plate formation is absent. A constriction forms in the middle of cell membrane. |
| It is centrifugal. | It is centripetal. |
| Chiasmata | Crossing Over |
| It is the part of the attachment of non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes where crossing over takes place. | It is exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. |
| Cytokinesis | Karyokinesis |
| It is the division of cytoplasm. | It is the division of the nucleus. |
| It is followed by Karyokinesis. | is the first division. |
| Gametic meiosis | Zygotic meiosis |
| When the reproductive cells of a diploid organism undergoes meiosis to produce haploid gametes, it is called gametic meiosis. | Some algae and fungi are haploid adults. They produce haploid gametes which upon fertilization form a diploid zygote. This‘zygote undergoes meiosis to form haploid spores, which on repeated mitotic division form the adult body. |
| Anaphase of mitosis | Anaphase of meiosis-I |
| During this phase of mitosis the centromeres divide, the spindle fibres contract and move towards opposite poles, pulling the daughter chromosomes apart. | With the contraction of microtubules of the spindle apparatus each homologous chromosome with its two chromatids and unbroken centromeres (unlike anaphase of mitosis) start moving towards the opposite poles of the cell. |
| Chromatin | Chromosome | |
| (i) | Uncondensed form of nucleoprotein. | Condensed form of nucleoprotein. |
| (ii) | Seen in interphase stage of cell division. | Seen in M-phase. |
| (iii) | Control of metabolic activities. | Vehicles of heredity. |
