Cell cycle and cell division Made By- Vanie Singh Department of Botany Himachal Pradesh University Cell Cycle And Cell Division · It is a universally accepted fact that the cell is the most basic, structural and functional unit of life. A cell could be an individual organism by itself (such as an amoeba) or the cells could be a part of a larger organism (such as a cat). But how does this fundamental unit multiply for growth or repair? And what happens when the mechanisms that control the division of cells fail? What is the Cell Cycle? · Essentially, the cell cycle is an orderly sequence of events that occur before the cell actually divides and gives rise to new cells. This is a very important process and has varying implications from growth and development to repair of the organism. Mitosis · This is one of the two types of cell division where a single cell divides into two genetically id