Editing Cell division (section)

=== Cytokinesis ===
The last stage of the cell division process is [[cytokinesis]]. In this stage there is a cytoplasmic division that occurs at the end of either mitosis or meiosis. At this stage there is a resulting irreversible separation leading to two daughter cells. Cell division plays an important role in determining the fate of the cell. This is due to there being the possibility of an asymmetric division. This as a result leads to cytokinesis producing unequal daughter cells containing completely different amounts or concentrations of fate-determining molecules.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Guertin DA, Trautmann S, McCollum D | title = Cytokinesis in eukaryotes | journal = Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | volume = 66 | issue = 2 | pages = 155–78 | date = June 2002 | pmid = 12040122 | pmc = 120788 | doi = 10.1128/MMBR.66.2.155-178.2002 }}</ref>

In animals the cytokinesis ends with formation of a contractile ring and thereafter a cleavage. But in plants it happen differently. At first a cell plate is formed and then a cell wall develops between the two daughter cells.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Laurie G |date=December 1999 |title=Divide and conquer: cytokinesis in plant cells |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1369526699000229 |journal=Current Opinion in Plant Biology |language=en |volume=2 |issue=6 |pages=447–453 |doi=10.1016/S1369-5266(99)00022-9|pmid=10607656 |bibcode=1999COPB....2..447S |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In Fission yeast ([[Schizosaccharomyces pombe|''S. pombe'']]) the cytokinesis happens in G1 phase.<ref>The Cell, G.M. Cooper; ed 2 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9876/ NCBI bookshelf], The eukaryotic cell cycle, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9876/ Figure 14.7]</ref>