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18.) Why is it that Prokaryotic cells can divide a lot quicker than Eukaryotic cells?

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Binary Fission. The cell division process of prokaryotes, called binary fission, is a less complicated and much quicker process than cell division in eukaryotes. Because of the speed of bacterial cell division, populations of bacteria can grow very rapidly.

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