1.5. Plant Cell Division
A cell is a self-contained biochemical factory that also stores the entire genetic information in the form of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA). Before a cell divides, the DNA needs to be copied in a process called DNA replication so that the daughter cells can be made in the image of the parent.
Unlike animal cells, plant cells are bounded by cell walls and when the daughter cells are formed upon cell division, a dividing cell wall also needs to be deposited to complete the process. On the left, you can see cell division nearing completion where the cargo containing cell wall building materials encased in Golgi vesicles are transported to the developing cell plate.
Higher magnification micrograph of the Golgi Apparatus and the budding vesicles that are carrying the cargo to build the nascent cell wall.Â
Higher magnification micrograph of the Golgi Apparatus and the budding vesicles that are carrying the cargo to build the nascent cell wall.Â
Higher magnification micrograph showing the developing cell wall (also called the Phragmoplast) and the proximally located Golgi Vesicles.
Higher magnification micrograph showing the developing cell wall (also called the Phragmoplast) and the proximally located Golgi Vesicles.