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A skin cell should generate an exact copy of itself. Through which process would this occur?

meiosis
telophase
fertilization
mitosis

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Mitosis is the process of cell division that creates a new cell identical to the original. Somatic cells, such as muscles, hair and skin, undergo mitosis regularly in humans and other organisms. Thus, the answer is mitosis.
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This would occur through mitosis.

Mitosis is the most common form of cell division in which a single cell divides to produce two new daughter cells that are identical to the parent. Mitosis occurs mainly for growth and to replace older cells. A skin cell which is a type of somatic cell duplicates (produces an exact copy of itself) by the process of mitosis.

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