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When a cell reproduced what happens to its DNA? Is it copied and incorporated into offspring?

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When a cell reproduces, its DNA is copied i.e. replicated and passed on to the offspring or the next generation. Because of DNA, hereditary information is passed from one generation to next generation. So, DNA is the means by which information is passed to next generations.

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