Uncontrolled cell division
What Uncontrolled cell division means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Mutations in genes that control cell division can lead to uncontrolled cell division and the formation of a cancer.
Cell division has gone wrong, so cells multiply when they should not, producing a mass of abnormal cells.
Division of cells that is not controlled, caused by changes in DNA, which may form a tumour.
Topics that use Uncontrolled cell division
- Cancer (AQA GCSE)
- Properties of electromagnetic waves 2 (AQA GCSE)
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