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Cell division

life science Maturity 11-13

One tiny cell can turn into two.

Cell Cycle 2.svg
Cell Cycle 2.svg
It makes a copy of itself first. Then the cell splits apart. This helps you grow big. It also helps your body fix itself.
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Time-lapse video of dividing cells.gif
Can you imagine being so small?

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File:Three cell growth types.svg
Three cell growth types.svg
File:Cell Cycle 2.svg
Cell Cycle 2.svg
File:Divisome.jpg
Divisome.jpg
File:Animal cell cycle-en.svg
Animal cell cycle-en.svg
File:Kinetochore.jpg
Kinetochore.jpg
File:Time-lapse video of dividing cells.gif
Time-lapse video of dividing cells.gif
File:1943 Device for micro-cinematography- under the direction of Kurt Michel, the first film on cell division is produced in a Zeiss laboratory with the aid of a phase-contrast microscope (6892933110).jpg
1943 Device for micro-cinematography-...
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