BIO 102 General Biology II Updated Edition (Tidewater Community College)
BIO 102 General Biology II Updated Edition (Tidewater Community College)
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ISBN: 9781259614064
Author: Tidewater Community College
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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The necessity of both cell division and apoptosis for the development of an organism.

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Cell division is the method in which a parent cell divides to form two or more daughter cells. After the cell division, cytoplasm also divides and is known as cytokinesis. Apoptosis is the programmed cell death that mostly occurs in multicellular organisms. It is the coordinated events which dismantles a cell.

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