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Explain the process of mitosis in a tissue culture for cancer cells

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Cancer cells are taken from a living organism and grown in a culture.

Cancer cells grow at an uncontrolled rate.

Cancer cells do not stop growing when they are touching; they continue growing.

Cancer cells grow multiple layers thick.

Cancer cell growth differs from normal cell growth and the number of mitotic divisions are unlimited.

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Answer and explanation;

-Mitosis is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.

-In tissue culture, cancer cells are taken from a living organism and grown in a culture. Cancer cells grow at an uncontrolled rate. Cancer cells do not stop growing when they are touching; they continue growing. Cancer cells grow multiple layers thick. Cancer cell growth differs from normal cell growth and the number of mitotic divisions are unlimited.

-Producing three or more daughter cells instead of normal two is a mitotic error called tripolar mitosis or multipolar mitosis (direct cell triplication / multiplication). Other errors during mitosis can induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) or cause mutations. Certain types of cancer can arise from such mutations.

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