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so that a multicellular organism can grow and have more cells

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The two reasons why cell divides are:

Growth.

Replacing damaged or dead cells.

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Q: What are two reasons that cell undergo mitosis and divide?
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Which Cell types rarely undergo mitosis?

All cells in the nervous system do not divide or replicate and thus do not undergo mitosis.


How is plant cell mitosis and animal cell mitosis the same?

Both divide the replicated DNA into two separate nuclei, and they both undergo cytokinesis to divide the cell, though the process is different in both.


What is an example of a cell that dose not divide?

I believe the answer you are looking for is neurons. These cells do not undergo mitosis to my knowledge.


How many times does the cell divide during mitosis?

In mitosis the cell divides once. The two cells, in some cases, may then divide again, but mitosis is just one cell dividing into two cells.


What type of cell undergoes mitosis?

Mitosis is the form of cell division that most eukaryotic cells undergo. In humans, all somatic (non-sex) cells use mitosis to divide. Sex-cells use meiosis instead of mitosis.


Do brain cell undergo meiosis?

no they undergo mitosis


What does the term binary means?

It's used to describe bacterial reproduction, where they undergo mitosis, or divide one cell into two.


What does the term 'binary fission' mean?

It's used to describe bacterial reproduction, where they undergo mitosis, or divide one cell into two.


What human cell undergo mitosis?

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Is samotic cell both mitosis and meiosis?

Somatic cells undergo mitosis. Sex cells undergo meiosis.


Why do cells undergoes mitosis?

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. No mitosis, no cell reproduction.


What are some reasons why a cell would undergo cytokinesis?

It is the last stage in mitosis and meiosis so it must occur for a cell to split into two daughter cells