Biology GCSE
Repair and replacement
What Repair and replacement means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Repair and replacement
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Reference: AQA
In mature animals, cell division is mainly restricted to repairing damaged tissues and replacing worn-out or dead cells.
Topics that use Repair and replacement
- Cell differentiation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell differentiation
- Cell division and mitosis
- Differentiation
- division of labour
- Meristems and plant growth
- Mitosis
- Regeneration and repair
- specialised cells
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