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Every day your epidermis normally sheds dead skin cells. what is the first step in the process by which epidermal cells are replaced? every day your epidermis normally sheds dead skin cells. what is the first step in the process by which epidermal cells are replaced?

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Basal cells in the stratum germinativum divide, adding in new daughter cells and pushing the cells above upward through the layers.
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