growth and repair
What growth and repair means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Biological purposes of mitosis, together with asexual reproduction, producing new cells for growth and repair of damaged tissues.
Contexts such as a lizard regrowing its tail, a cut healing or an embryo developing, in which cells divide by mitosis.
Topics that use growth and repair
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
- Supplying the cell (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- cell cycle
- DNA replication
- Mitosis
- Active transport
- adult stem cells
- Application of knowledge
- Asexual reproduction
- Cell cycle stages
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