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Explain what happens as your cell needs to divide. Include why your cell is dividing and the process of division

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Cells need to divide for your body to grow and for body tissue such as skin to continuously renew itself. When a cell divides, the outer membrane increasingly pinches inward until the new cells that are forming separate from each other. This process typically produces two new (daughter) cells from one (parent) cell

Step-by-step explanation:

Why Cells Divide

• Mitosis - the process your body cells use to make exact replicas of themselves.

• Meiosis - creates sperm or egg cells.

• Binary fission - how single-celled organisms like bacteria copy themselves

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