During cytokinesis in plant cells, which structure forms to separate the daughter cells?

• A. Formation of a cell plate
• B. Formation of a cleavage furrow
• C. It occurs before mitosis
• D. It does not require vesicles

Answer: (A)

Plant cells separate their two new daughter cells by building a cell plate that forms in the center and then becomes a separating cell wall. This happens during cytokinesis after mitosis because the rigid cell wall prevents the membrane from pinching inward like in animal cells. vesicles from the Golgi apparatus deliver materials for the new cell plate, and these vesicles fuse to create a continuous membrane-bound disk that grows outward until it fuses with the existing membranes and establishes the cell wall between the daughters. Since this plate formation relies on those vesicles, the idea that vesicles aren’t involved isn’t accurate. Also, a cleavage furrow is the mechanism seen in animal cells, not in plants, and cytokinesis occurs after mitosis, not before it.