11.The Cell Cycle and Cell Division

11.1

• Prokaryotes divide by binary fission

  • REPRODUCTIVE SIGNALS
  • REPLICATION OF DNA
  • SEGREGATION OF DNA MOLECULES
  • CYTOKINESIS

• Eukaryotic cells divide by mitosis followed by cytokinesis

11.2

• Specific internal signals trigger events in the cell cycle

• Growth factors can stimulate cells to divide

11.3

• The centrosomes determine the plane of cell division

• The spindle begins to form during prophase

• Chromosome separation

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