BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVESTIGATIONS LL>C
BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVESTIGATIONS LL>C
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ISBN: 9781264013548
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 8.7, Problem 2MC
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To describe:

The two functions ofapoptosis.

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Apoptosis is the programmed cell death mostly occurs in multicellular organism. It has two main functions in animals; first, it eliminates excess cells and second, it removes out aging or defective cell.

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