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1.2 Cell division

1.2 Cell division

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A cell from a human cancer cell line (HeLa) has a mean cell cycle duration of 232323 hours.

Assuming the cell remains in the active cell cycle, calculate the number of complete mitotic divisions a single cell (following a single lineage path) would undergo in a period of 11.511.511.5 days.

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1.2 Cell division Questions

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  2. /Biology
  3. /1.2 Cell division

63 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 1.2 Cell division, covering 1.2.1 Chromosomes, 1.2.2 Mitosis and the cell cycle, and 1.2.3 Stem cells. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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