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    Cell division

    CELL DIVISION (Types)

    Sometimes you accidentally bite your lip or skin your knee, but in a
    matter of days the wound heals. Is it magic? Or, is there another
    explanation? Every day, every hour, every second one of the most
    important events in life is going on in your body—cells are dividing.
    When cells divide, they make new cells. A single cell divides to make
    two cells and these two cells then divide to make four cells, and so on.
    We call this process "cell division" and "cell reproduction," because
    new cells are formed when old cells divide. The ability of cells to divide
    is unique for living organisms.
    Why Do Cells Divide?

    Cells divide for many reasons. For example, when you skin
    your knee, cells divide to replace old, dead, or damaged cells.
    Cells also divide so living things can grow. When organisms
    grow, it isn't because cells are getting larger. Organisms grow
    because cells are dividing to produce more and more cells. In
    human bodies, nearly two trillion cells divide every day.
    How Many Cells Are in Your Body?

    You and I began as a single cell, or what you would call an egg. By the
    time you are an adult, you will have trillions of cells. That number
    depends on the size of the person, but biologists put that number
    around 37 trillion cells. Yes, that is trillion with a "T."
    How Do Cells Know When to Divide?

    • In cell division, the cell that is dividing is called the "parent" cell. The parent
    cell divides into two "daughter" cells. The process then repeats in what is
    called the cell cycle.
    • Cells regulate their division by communicating with each other using chemical
    signals. These signals act like switches to tell cells when to start dividing and
    later when to stop dividing.
    • It is important for cells to divide so you can grow and so your cuts heal. It is also
    important for cells to stop dividing at the right time. If a cell can not stop
    dividing when it is supposed to stop, this can lead to a disease called cancer.
    Some cells, like skin cells, are constantly dividing. We need to continuously
    make new skin cells to replace the skin cells we lose.
    Did you know?
    • We lose 30,000 to 40,000 dead skin cells every minute? That means
    we lose around 50 million cells every day. This is a lot of skin cells to
    replace, making cell division in skin cells is so important. Other cells,
    like nerve and brain cells, divide much less often.
    How Cells Divide?

    Depending on the type of cell, there are two ways cells divide. Each of
    these methods of cell division has special characteristics.

    • Mitosis - A single cell divides into two cells that are replicas of each
    other and have the same number of chromosomes. This type of cell
    division is good for basic growth, repair, and maintenance.
    • Meiosis- A cell divides into four cells that have half the number of
    chromosomes. Reducing the number of chromosomes by half is
    important for sexual reproduction and provides for genetic diversity.
    Difference between Mitosis and
    Meiosis
    Mitosis Meiosis
    Mitosis is a type of cell division in which one Meiosis is a type of cell division in which one
    parent cell divide to produce two daughter parent cell divide to produce four daughter
    cells with same number of chromosomes as cells with half the number of chromosomes as
    that of the parent cell. that of the parent cell.

    One cell divide to produce two cells One cell divides to produce four cells
    This type of cell division occurs in body or This type of cell division occurs in reproductive
    somatic cells. cells.

    Number of chromosomes remains the same. Number of chromosomes reduce to half.

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