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What uses mitosis to reproduce?


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Mitosis:

  1. Mitosis is that step in the cell cycle where the newly formed DNA is separated and two new cells are formed with the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus.
  2. The primary mechanism by which the organisms produce new cells is through cell division.
  3. A single parent cell undergoes division in this process to produce identical daughter cells.
  4. The parent cell transfers its genetic material to its daughter cells through this process.
  5. The organisms that reproduce sexually utilize mitosis.
  6. It helps increase the number of sex cells and repairs the genetic defects in the particular tissue.
  7. It maintains the cytoplasm ratio to the nucleoplasm and the surface area to volume.

Organisms and cells that do mitosis:

  1. Eukaryotic cells in plants, animals and fungi undergo mitosis.
  2. Many single-celled organisms undergo mitosis.
  3. Also, multicellular organisms undergo mitosis.

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