Final answer:
Chromosomes becoming highly condensed isn't common to all organisms during cell reproduction; it's a feature of eukaryotic cells during mitosis and meiosis but not of prokaryotic cells.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks about features of cell reproduction not common in all organisms. The answer is b. Chromosomes become highly condensed. While genetic information indeed needs to be copied and cell division occurs universally, the condensation of chromosomes happens during mitosis and meiosis in eukaryotic organisms but not necessarily in the same way, or at all, in prokaryotic organisms.
In the cell reproduction process, especially in eukaryotes, heritable information is passed to the next generation through the cell cycle. The DNA replication ensures each daughter cell receives a complete set of genetic information.
Prokaryotes, on the other hand, may not have the same highly condensed chromosome structures seen in eukaryotes and accomplish genetic material separation differently, through a process called binary fission.