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What happens if a cell is unable to divide by mitosis

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When this happens, sometimes the cell commits a special type death is called apoptosis. Apoptosis, otherwise known as programmed cell death, ensures that if mitosis goes wrong and cannot be fixed, the cell does not continue to divide, as this would lead to the production of mutant cells that might cause problems.

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