Compare and contrast Mitosis & Binary Fission

Mitosis- is the division of the nucleus in a diploid cell (that is a cell containing 2 sets of chromosomes). It occurs in Eukaryotic cells. Generally, it is followed by of cytokinesis, which is the splitting of the cell membrane, thus completing the process of duplicating or dividing the cell.

Binary Fission- is the form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms. It is the division of one cell int two cells of the same size. This happens in Prokaryotic cells, as opposed to Eukaryotic cells.

 

But both Binary Fission and Mitosis could both agree that when the cycle is done and there is an error it could result in mutations or even kill the cell.