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Comparing Cell Division in Animals, Plants, and Bacteria: Mastering Biology Answers

Bacteria divide with an FtsZ-guided constriction and septum, animal cells use an actin-myosin cleavage furrow, and plant cells build a microtubule-guided cell plate because their rigid wall prevents furrow constriction.

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For each statement, mark whether it is true or false for bacteria, animal cells, and plant cells.1. Cells divide by constriction of a ring of protein.2. The presence of a cell wall prevents the cell from dividing by constriction.3. Tubulin or tubulin-like molecules function in binary fission or cytokinesis.

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The True/False table follows the introductory course's representative-structure model. Animal-cell microtubules also help position and regulate the cleavage furrow, so the Animals=False entry must not be expanded into a claim that microtubules have no role anywhere in animal cytokinesis.