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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

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

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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.

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