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Why is it so important that the dna molecule be able to make copies of itself?

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Because you wouldn't be able to pass on genetic information to daughter cells if you couldn't replicate DNA. Every time you'd create a daughter cell, you'd have half as many chromosomes as the parent cell, until you have to split a single chromosome.

DNA has to replicate in order for cells to reproduce via both mitosis and meiosis
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