Phragmoplast in Plant Cell Division

The phragmoplast is a plant cell structure that forms during cell division. It helps guide the final stage of division, when the cell begins to split into two daughter cells.

In plant cells, the phragmoplast appears between the two new nuclei. It is part of the process that leads to the formation...

Plant cells are enclosed by a rigid cell wall, making it difficult for cells to divide by contracting from the outside. Hence, plant cells divide by forming a new cell wall between the two daughter nuclei in an “inside out” fashion. A specialized structure in plants called the phragmoplast guides the new cell wall formation.

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