Are specialized cells such as neurons and cardiac muscle are capable of mitosis?

Are specialized cells such as neurons and cardiac muscle are capable of mitosis?

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Answer

• No, specialized cells like neurons and cardiac muscle cells lack centrioles hence incapable of forming spindle fibers for cytokinesis (mitosis)
  Explanation:
  One main component of a cell that aids in mitosis is the formation of spindle fibers which is aided by centrioles. Within the nucleus of a cell, centrioles form spindle fibers that attaches the center of the nucleus for duplication, stretching towards the pole of each cell causing cytokinesis. Cells lacking centrioles cannot divide by mitosis because they cannot form spindle fibers, and among these, is nerve cells, skeletal cells, cardiac muscle cells, red blood cells etc.

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