Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells

Within all organisms, cells divide to produce new cells, each of which requires the genetic information found in DNA . Organisms could not grow or function properly if the genetic information encoded in DNA was not passed from cell to cell . DNA is packaged into structures called chromosomes . Every chromosome in a cell contains many genes, and each gene is located at a particular site on the chromosome . Simply splitting the DNA of a dividing cell between two new cells would lead to disaster .…