<span>a. replicate DNA at the appropriate time.
Prokaryotes are one celled organism that only reproduce by binary fission. A copy of a copy, of course the DNA is copied as well. DNA is duplicated a succinct period of time when necessary since the energy needed to perform this process is necessarily abundant. </span>
Ok, think about it. Does your skin prevent germs from getting inside you?
Does your skin prevent water from leaving the body too quickly? Does your skin protect your insides from getting damaged when you fall? Do you put food on your skin to absorb nutrients, or do you put food in your mouth like a normal person?
Experimentation (or the experiments the scientist was doing for 10 years) could be wrong or done in an inappropriate way. The only way to know if the information is valid is by checking the way the experimentation (data) was done as well as making sure to check all other factors