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'State' statements for Cells
- unicellular organisms carry out all the functions of life
- multicellular organisms show emergent properties
- stem cells retain the capacity to divide and have the ability to differentiate along different pathways
- bacterial cells divide by binary fission
- tumours (cancers) are the result of uncontrolled cell division and that these can occur in any organ or tissue
- interphase is an active period in the life of a cell when many metabolic reactions occur, including protein
synthesis, DNA replication and an increase in the number of mitochondria and chloroplasts
- growth, embryonic development, tissue repair and asexual reproduction involve mitosis
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