Division In Prokaryotes And Viruses

Question 1

Describe division in viruses

Answer 1

1: due to proteins on the outside of a virus they attach to receptors on the membrane to enter
2: viral dna in incorporated to host dna
3: host cell starts to make viral proteins
4: new viruses are made into the cell and they burst out

Question 2

Describe binary fission

Answer 2

DNA and plasmids replicate
Copy and original have attached to cell membrane
Cell membrane pinches inwards
New cell wall forms between two copies of dna