Cell division occurs through mitosis and cytokinesis to allow organisms to grow, pass on genetic material, and survive. There are two main types of cell division - mitosis, where daughter cells are genetically identical, and meiosis, where daughter cells are genetically different. Mitosis involves 5 stages (interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) where the cell duplicates its DNA and separates the copies into two daughter cells, each with identical genetic material. Cytokinesis then separates the cytoplasm between the two cells.