Significance of mitosis in lifecycles

Question 1

What is mitosis used to do in the lifecycle?

Answer 1

Growth
Tissue repair
Asexual reproduction

Question 2

How is mitosis used for growth?

Answer 2

Multicellular organisms grow by producing more cells that are genetically identical to each other and the parent cell.

Question 3

How is mitosis used for tissue repair?

Answer 3

When tissues get damaged, new cells undergo mitosis and cytokinesis, healing the tissue

Question 4

How is mitosis used for asexual reproduction?

Answer 4

Single-celled eukaryotes divide by mitosis to produce new individuals, allowing for the rapid creation of genetically identical offspring.