How does cytokinesis differ in plant and animal cells?

Cytokinesis is the final step of cell replication after mitosis, the duplication of a cell, is completed. During this process, the cytoplasm of the original cell halves itself equally for the two resulting cells. Though both animal cells and plant cells go through cytokinesis, the two separate types of cells differ. read more

Cytokinesis differs in plants and animals because unlike animal cells, plant cells have a cell wall that needs to be split up. Mitosis and cytokinesis are not the same thing; mitosis is the division of the components of the nucleus, whereas cytokinesis is the division of the cytoplasm and its constituents. read more

In plant cell cytokinesis, division occurs by cell plate formation while in animal cell cytokinesis, complete cleavage occurs. Cytoskeleton elements are actively involved in animal cell cytokinesis but not in plant cell cytokines. Cytokinesis in animal cell is centripetal and it is centrifugal in case of plant cell. A row of vesicles is not formed in animal cell but it is formed in plant cell. In plant cell, wall formation is present. read more