Mitosis occurs in all somatic cells. Examples would include: skin cells, bone marrow, red blood cells, brain cells, etc. This is as opposed to meiosis, which only occurs in gametes (reproductive cells).
A cell will divide if it passes the G1 Checkpoint. Also, if the cell is too big and the volume:surface area ratio is increasing. Usually cells receive signals from outside of the cell (other cells).
Cells receive signals from their surroundings. Sometimes these signals stimulate a cell to divide.
if it passes the g1 check point.
The genetic information carried by the cell.
Factors that affect cell division, that is if cells divide or not, can be categorized into internal factors, growth factors and external factors. For more information it is best to study literature on the subject.
The nucleus, located at the center of the cell, controls the cells actions, such as whether to move foward, divide into two cells or attack an intruder.
The membrane of the cell is what determines comes in and out of it.
if it passes the g1 check point.
size/ polarity can be the factors
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size/ polarity can be the factors
checkpoints
mass
mass
cell cycle checkpoint
Cell cycle
Simple growth factors.
The genetic information carried by the cell.
Three general factors determine cell shape: the state of the cytoskeleton, the amount of water that is pumped into a cell, and the state of the cell wall.