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State the significance of mitosis.

      

State the significance of mitosis.

  

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Eric
The significance of the Mitosis
- Mitosis keeps chromosome number constant.
- Maintains genetic stability in daughter cells.
- Helps in growth and development of zygote into adult through embryo formation.
- Helps in formation of new cells for repair and regeneration of lost parts and healing of wounds.
- Helps in asexual reproduction by fragmentation, budding etc.
- Mitosis restores the nucleo-plasmic ratio.
- Mitosis keeps check on cell size and maintains a favourable surface area/volume ratio.
ericmunguti answered the question on October 5, 2018 at 08:08


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