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6 years ago
When a cell reproduces by mitosis and cytoplasmic division, does its life end?
 
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This is a very big question with huge ramifications. On the one hand, that given cell does cease to exist so it could be thought that its life ends. On the other hand, no part of the cell actually is lost in mitosis and thus it could be thought that the cell continues to live. If the latter is the case, and argument could be made that all cells alive today are as old as the first cell
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