A plant forms new tissue at the tips of its roots and stems, this new tissue growth is a direct result of cell division.
Cell division is the process by which a parent cell separates to produce two or more daughter cells. Cell division ensures the growth of organisms and is also responsible for the renewal of old or worn-out cells. Meiosis and mitosis are the two distinct types of cell division that occurs in eukaryotes, while prokaryotes (such as bacteria) undergo a vegetative cell division called binary fission.