Shown below are four stages (A, B, C, D) (not in sequence) of a certain kind of cell division.
(a) Is it a plant cell or an animal cell? Give two reasons.

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(a) It is an animal cell showing different stages of cell division.
Reasons:

1. Presence of centrioles and asters.

2. Cytokinesis by formation of a furrow and not by the formation of a cell plate.

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Shown below are four stages (A, B, C, D) (not in sequence) of a certain kind of cell division. (a) Is it a plant cell or an animal cell? Give two reasons.

(a) It is an animal cell showing different stages of cell division. Reasons: 1. Presence of centrioles and asters. 2. Cytokinesis by formation of a furrow and not by the formation of a cell plate.

Shown below are four stages (A, B, C, D) (not in sequence) of a certain kind of cell division.
(a) Is it a plant cell or an animal cell? Give two reasons.

(a) It is an animal cell showing different stages of cell division.
Reasons:

1. Presence of centrioles and asters.

2. Cytokinesis by formation of a furrow and not by the formation of a cell plate.