binary fission

• prokaryotic cells replicate by binary fission. the cells replicates by making copies of itself before physically splitting into two daughter cells
• 1. binary fission - the circular DNA and plasmid(s) replicate. the main DNA loop is replicated once, the plasmids can be replicated loads of times
• 2. binary fission - the cell gets bigger and the DNA loops move to opposite poles of the cell
• 3. binary fission - the cytoplasm divides and the new cell walls begin to form
• 4. binary fission - the cytoplasm divides and two daughter cells are produced. each daughter cell has one copy of the circular DNA but can have a variable number of copies of the plasmids