Prokaryotic Cells Divide by Binary Fission
Binary fission is a type of cell reproduction that is used by prokaryotes (including bacteria and archaea) to produce 2 cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the original cell. This scrollable interactive explains how that occurs by exploring the process of binary fission.
Topics
- archaea
- bacteria
- bacterial cell
- bacterial growth
- binary fission
- cell reproduction
- contractile ring
- cytokinesis
- DNA replication
- DNA segregation
- environmental condition
- FtsZ
- genetically identical cells
- growth condition
- ori
- origin of replication
- prokaryote
- prokaryotic cell division
- prokaryotic cell
- ter
- terminus of replication