Within all organisms, cells divide to produce new cells, each of which requires the genetic information found in DNA . Organisms could not grow or function properly if the genetic information encoded in DNA was not passed from cell to cell . DNA is packaged into structures called chromosomes . Every chromosome in a cell contains many genes, and each gene is located at a particular site on the chromosome . Simply splitting the DNA of a dividing cell …showed first 75 words of 601 total…

…showed last 75 words of 601 total…animal and plant cells differ. In animal cells, the cytoplasm and all of its contents divide between the two halves of the cell, then the cell membrane pinches inward in both sides between the two poles until two daughter cells are formed. In plant cells, a number of small vesicles combine at the metaphase plate to form the cell plate. Over time, the cell plate reaches across the cell and joins with the plasma membrane.