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Inga [223]
3 years ago
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How do cells repair themselves?

Biology
1 answer:
alex41 [277]3 years ago
5 0
Multicellular organisms grow by producing more cells. As children, we get taller every year. That growth happens only because our bodies keep adding new cells. A sapling becomes a tree for the same reason.

But even after an organism grows up, its cells continue to divide. That's because cells wear out or get damaged.



Read more: Life Cycle of a Cell - Replacing Cells, Cell Division, Growth and Repair:, Mitosis, Specialized Sex Cells, Meiosis, Plant Sex Cells
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