Monday, November 3, 2008

Advantages of mitosis

Genetic stability - in the absence of mutations, there is no genetic variation as the parent is identical to the daughter as DNA replication ensures close to 100% fidelity with negligible error rate.
Growth - organisms can create new cells for growth or repair damaged cells
Asexual reproduction - it allows organisms such as Amoeba to divide by asexual reproduction.

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