CELL DIVISION
MEIOSIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Which of these choices is NOT a reason for mitosis taking place in a multi-cellular organism?
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Growth
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Repairing Wounds
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Asexual Reproduction
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Making Sex Cells
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mitosis is essential for asexual reproduction, regeneration, and growth. It does not make sex cells or gametes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Interphase is not a phase of mitosis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer option C. Production of gametes from diploid cells is the correct answer. C. This is not one of the functions of mitosis.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mitosis is the reason we can grow, heal wounds, and replace damaged cells. Mitosis is also important in organisms which reproduce asexually: this is the only way that these cells can reproduce. This is the one key process that sustains populations of asexual organisms.
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