Answer: The correct answer is- Replication of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid) must happen before a body cell can begin mitotic cell division.
Mitotic division is a type of cell division in which a parent cell divides two identical daughter cells ( through a series of five stages that is- prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis) having same number of chromosomes as that of the parental cell.
It occupies the second stage of cell cycle, the first being interphase ( which has three stages that is G1, S, and G2 phase). Replication of DNA takes place in the interphase ( particulary in the S phase) so that cell is ready to divide in the mitotic phase.
Thus, replication of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid) must happen before a body cell can begin mitotic cell division.
