What happens to plants when mitosis occurs?
They grow, develop and/or repair in the area where the mitosis is occurring. A single cell generates two “daughter” cells identical to the original cell. All cell reproduction in plants is mitotic except the production of gametes (germ cells like sperm and ovum). Strictly speaking, mitosis refers to the part of this process after cell enlargement and DNA reproduction (called interphase) where the mother cell nucleus dissolves, divides, reforms as two nuclei, and in some definitions, pinches off into the two daughter cells.
