Part 1 - Prokaryotic cell division

Question 1

What are the steps of prokaryotic cell division?

Answer 1

1. DNA is attached to cell membrane
2. DNA replicates
3. Newly synthesized DNA attaches to cell membrane
4. Membrane growth between the two attachment points moves the DNA molecules apart
5. New cell membrane and cell wall material deposited between the DNA molecules
6. The result of binary fission: two daughter cels, each identical to the original.

Question 2

Do prokaryotic cells definitely separate?

Answer 2

Not necessarily, they might stay as a chain, or divide forming two cells.

Question 3

What happens to the cell wall during the elongation of prokaryotic cell?

Answer 3

It becomes elastic to allow for the stretching of the cell