Question

Is cytokinesis a part of mitosis ? all the time in school i had read that mitosis had two steps 1.karyokinesis 2. cytokinesis but now i was just reading biology by Miller&Harley according to which mitosis is only nuclear division not including cytokinesis confused :(

Answer 1

what is cytokinses?

Answer 2

cytokinesis is the division of cytopalsm it occurs after karyokinesis which is the division of nucleus so two daughter cells are formed

Answer 3

so it is mitosis division, coz two daughter cells are produced

Answer 4

but according to miller harley mitosis is only nuclear division :( this making my head spin

Answer 5

mitosis and meiosis are the two methods of cell division . Cytokinesis is a part of cell division too .. so mitosis and meiosis both must include cytokinesis..

but their processes of nuclear division are separate..

Answer 6

so rahul cytokinesis is a part of mitosis right ? not a separate thing

Answer 7

yes . cytokinesis is a part of mitosis.

Answer 8

thnks :D

Answer 9

nice question @warz

Answer 10

Sorry to add to the confusion, @warz, but I've always learned that mitosis referred strictly to the division of the nucleus. Cytokinesis is a different, though /very/ related process. I think we may associate mitosis with cytokinesis because the two almost always go together. But you can have the nucleus divide in a cell without the cell dividing itself - giving you one cell with two nuclei. Mitosis has indeed occurred to completion; cytokinesis simply did not follow it.

Answer 11

i agree wid @kma as i m also confused and i ll first confirm from my teachers den i ll cmnt (:

Answer 12

thnkx heena and kma i will also work on it but for now i guess will do according to my book