Explain the difference between cytokinesis in plant cells and cytokinesis in animal cells.

In animal cells, cytokinesis begins with a pinching inward of the cell membrane midway between the cell's two poles. This cleavage furrow separates the dividing cell into two cells. In plant cells, vesicles formed by the Golgi apparatus fuse at the midline of the dividing cell, forming a cell plate. The cell plate will eventually separate the cell into two new cells.