After mitotic division occurs, it is followed by cytoplasmic division. This results in two daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell in terms of their chromosome number, but they will be half the size of the parent cell due to cytokinesis.
In animal cells, a cleavage furrow forms near the area where the metaphase plate was located. There is a ring of microfilaments that contracts, resulting in the pinching of the cell into two daughter cells. This process is called cleavage. Cleavage begins sometime between late anaphase to telophase during mitotic division.
Plant cells carry out cytoplasmic division in a different way. Vesicles from the golgi apparatus migrate to the middle of the cell carrying within it the materials necessary to construct a cell wall. These vesicles join together to form a cell plate. Eventually, the cell plate grows and fuses to the plasma membrane. This grows into a cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
I have included a link with pictures of cytokinesis in plant vs. animal cells.
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