Cell Division

Paul Andersen explains how cells duplicate through the process of cell division. Prokaryotic cells (like bacteria) duplicate through a process of binary fission. Eukaryotic cells (like you) duplicate body cells through mitosis and create sex cells through meiosis. Intro Music Atribution Title: I4dsong_loop_main.wav Artist: CosmicD Link to sound: http://www.freesound.org/people/Cosmi... Creative Commons Atribution License All images are either Public Domain or Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: Egelberg. English: Dividing Cells Imaged by Quantitative Phase Contrast Microscopy Using the HoloMonitor M3 from Phase Holographic Imaging., November 5, 2012. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil.... "File:Binary Fission.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed March 1, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bin.... "File:Eukaryota Diversity 2.jpg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed March 1, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Euk.... "File:Major Events in Mitosis.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed March 1, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maj.... "File:Meiosis Overview.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed March 1, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mei.... "File:PhageExterior.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed March 1, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pha.... "File:Sperm-egg.jpg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed March 1, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spe.... "File:Three Cell Growth Types.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, November 23, 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t.... Mattosaurus. English: These Are e Coli., August 4, 2009. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil.... Ungerer, Bernhard. English: 3D Render of a Male Skeleton with Body Shape in Three Views. Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Px, 150 Dpi., June 22, 2008. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil....