When does organelle replication happen in Mitosis/Meiosis?

Subject: When does organelle replication happen in Mitosis/Meiosis?

Date: Mon Feb 25 16:28:18 2008
Posted by David
Grade level: undergrad School: Northwestern University
City: Evanston State/Province: Illinois Country: USA
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 1203982098.Cb

Message:


During gamete and somatic cell division what happens to the organelles? Are they
simply disassociated and then rebuilt? Isn't this a wasteful use of energy? When
do mitochondrial and/or chloroplastic DNA get replicated? Thanks!!!  David.

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