Question

Apoptosis ____.

a. Only occurs if DNA is damaged beyond repair
b. Occurs as telomeres increase in length
c. In a normal repair process in multicellular organisms
d. increase the number of somatic cells

Answer 1

Answer: c. In a normal repair process in multicellular organisms

Answer 2

A.) Only occurs if DNA is damaged beyond repair.

Apoptosis is also called a programmed cell death because if the cells are already damaged and no longer needed, they cells have to die.