Re: Does mitosis occur more often in plants or animals?

Mitosis is the process of dividing the DNA of cells.  Mitosis is an important
event in 
cell division.  When multi-cellular organisms grow (like plants and animals), they 
divide their cells to increase the number of cells.  This question is impossible to 
answer becuase there are so many factors which determine if an organism, plant or 
animal, is growing- and how fast that growth is occurring.  If, for example, you
take 
cells from a healthy young plant that is growing new shoots and roots- these cells 
can be growing much faster than cells from an animal.  Also, it entirely depends on 
what tissue you take the animal and plant cells.  For example, if you take skin
cells 
they will divide much more rapidly than some other cells, such as neurons- that 
never divide.
Hope this helps!