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Cells divide as the zygote becomes a fetus with growth and development into babies when born, cells also divide with growth after birth into adulthood and to replenish and renew damaged or lost cells.

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Q: What is the reason your body cells need to divide?
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Why do the body cells and sex cells divide differently?

Because body cells need to make genetically identical daughter cells and sex cells need to make genetically unique cells with half the genetic material of the parent cell.


Why do the sex cells and the body cells divide differently?

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Why are cells from a blastula ideal to examine mitosis?

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What can happen if your cells do not divide correctly?

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