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What else do you think happens to the cell before cell division,

in addition to chromosome duplication?

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It goes through the cell cycle: executes its function duplicates chromosomes (like you said), organelles are duplicated and there are several checkpoints to make sure there are no errors that would prevent the cell from functioning.
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