Question

Differentiate between karyokinesis and cytokinesis.

Answer 1

1. Karyokinesis is the process of partition of cell's nucleus in to the daughter cells.
2. Cytokinesis is the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of cell division, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells.

Karyokinesis	Cytokinesis
1. Karyokinesis is the first step of mitosis.	1. Cytokinesis is the second step of mitosis.
2. Karyokinesis is the process of division of the nucleus.	2. Cytokinesis is the process of division of cytoplasm.
3. In karyokinesis, two daughter nuclei are divided from a single nucleus.	3. Daughter cells equally gets the cell organelles, divided nuclei and cytoplasm.
4. Karyokinesis does not depend upon cytokinesis.	4. Cytokinesis depend upon karyokinesis.