Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Why do cells divide?
Cells divide for many reasons. For example, when you skin your knee, cells divide to replace old, dead, or damaged cells. Cells also divide so living things can grow. In human bodies, nearly two trillion cells divide every day.
The cell cycle
Mitosis
binary fissionSimple cell division in prokaryotes. After replicating its genetic material, the cell divides into two nearly equal sized daughter cells.
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Cancer—Mitotic Cell Cycle OUT OF CONTROL!Mitosis is closely controlled by the genes inside every cell. Sometimes this control can go wrong. If that happens in just a single cell, it can replicate itself to make new cells that are also out of control. These are cancer cells. They continue to replicate rapidly without the control systems that normal cells have. Cancer cells will form tumours, that damage the surrounding tissues.
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