mitosis and binary fission

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Why cells need to divide

1. Growth
2. Repair
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Prokaryotes
Asexual reproduction by binary fission
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Eukaryotes
Asexual reproduction by mitosis
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Binary fission
method of asexual reproduction by which almost all prokaryotes reproduce.
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Mitosis
cell division by which eukaryotic cells get renewed. For growth and repair in eukaryotes, mitosis is required.
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Mitosis and binary fission differences
Binary fission

* ^^Complex process^^
* ==It does not occur in phases.==
* DNA gets replicated.

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Mitosis

* ^^Simple process^^
* ==It takes place in four subphases,i.e. prophase, anaphase, metaphase, and telophase.==
* chromosomes get replicated.

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