NEETBotanyCell Cycle and Cell Division
What happens to organelles like mitochondria and plastids during cytokinesis in plant cells?
Options
- AThey are divided between the two daughter cells
- BThey are not affected
- CThey move to one of the daughter cells
- DThey are destroyed
Correct answer
A. They are divided between the two daughter cells
Step-by-step solution
Plant cells however, are enclosed by a relatively inextensible cell wall, thererfore they undergo cytokinesis by a different mechanism. In plant cells, wall formation starts in the centre of the cell and grows outward to meet the existing lateral walls. The formation of the new cell wall begins with the formation of a simple precursor, called the cell-plate that represents the middle lamella between the walls of two adjacent cells. At the time of cytoplasmic division, organelles like mitochondria and plastids get d