Summary:
- Cell division is the process in which one cell, called the parent cell, divides to form two new cells, referred to as daughter cells.
- How this happens depends on whether the cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
- Prokaryosis cells divide by the process of binary fission.
- Eukaryotes divide by two steps: mitosis and cytokinesis.
- The two daughter cells that result are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cells.
- This is also how many single-celled organisms reproduce.