Which statement is true about plant cell cytokinesis?

• A. Plant uses cleavage furrow; animal uses cell plate
• B. Plant uses cell plate; animal uses cleavage furrow
• C. There is no difference
• D. Plant cells do not divide

Answer: (B)

Cytokinesis in plant and animal cells differ due to the presence of a rigid cell wall in plants. Plant cells form a cell plate at the center during telophase, using vesicles from the Golgi that coalesce to build a separating cell wall as they fuse with each other and with the existing cell wall. This cell plate expands outward until two separate cells are enclosed by a new dividing wall. In contrast, animal cells lack a cell wall, so a contractile ring of actin filaments forms a cleavage furrow that constricts the cell membrane inward to split the cytoplasm, producing two cells. So the true statement is that plant cells use a cell plate while animal cells use a cleavage furrow. The other options are incorrect because they swap the processes, claim no difference, or state that plant cells don’t divide.