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Why does the DNA inside the nucleus need to replicate itself during interphase?

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During cell division, one cell divides to produce two new cells. In order for all of the cells in your body to maintain a full genome, each cell must replicate its DNA before it divides so that a full genome can be allotted to each of its offspring cells.

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