Biology A-Level
Growth and cell replacement
What Growth and cell replacement means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Growth and cell replacement
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Reference: OCR
Roles of mitosis in increasing cell number in multicellular organisms and in repairing and replacing damaged or worn-out cells and tissues.
Topics that use Growth and cell replacement
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- anaphase
- Asexual reproduction and cloning
- Checkpoint control mechanisms
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- Consequences of loss of cell-cycle control
- Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases
- differentiation
- DNA replication in S phase
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