Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 5SQ
Most healthy body cells spend the majority of their lives in ________.
- a. prophase
- b. metaphase
- c. anaphase
- d. telophase
- e. interphase
- f. senescence
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