This document describes the cell cycle and processes of cell division in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It explains that prokaryotes like bacteria lack a nucleus and reproduce through binary fission, while eukaryotes have a membrane-bound nucleus and undergo mitosis. The stages of the eukaryotic cell cycle are described as interphase (G1, S, G2 phases) followed by the M phase of mitosis (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase). Cytokinesis then separates the daughter cells through formation of a cell plate in plants or cleavage furrow in animals.