Pretty sure it’s nucleic acids
Cells undergo mitosis because there must be a process in which the nucleus is divided in order for there to be a successful reproduction for cells.
The precambrian era makes up about 90% of the earths history, but there was little to no living organisms at the time other than microscopic ones. The first eukaryotes were found in the cambrian period after the precambrian period, not only that but at the end of the precambrian era in the Proterozoic era there was a mass extinction of about 70-80% of all living organisms