Binary fission

• Where does binary fission occur? 


  • In prokaryotic cells
• What is the first stage of binary fission? 


  • circular DNA and plasmids replicate
  • DNA loop only replicate once
  • plasmids replicate many times
• What is the second stage of binary fission?


  • cell gets bigger
  • DNA loops move to opposite poles of cell
• What is the third stage of binary fission?

  • cytoplasm begins to divide
  • new cell wall begins to form
• What happens in the fourth stage of binary fission?

  • cytoplasm divides and 2 daughter cells produced
  • each daughter cell has one copy of circular DNA but have variable copies of plasmids