Introduction

Prokaryotes, such as bacteria, produce progeny by binary fission. In bacterial cells, the genome consists of a single, circular DNA chromosome; therefore, the process of cell division is simplified. The more complicated process used by Eukaryotes is unnecessary because there is no true nucleus and thus no need to direct one copy of the multiple chromosomes into each progeny cell. This simple type of cell division is called binary fission.

The following video demonstrates the process which Prokaryotes reproduce.

Sources:

“Prokaryotic Cell Division.” Uploaded by Harmony Square, Oct 25, 2019. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/u5UyBrgVsvs