Apoptosis refers to cell death and ...?

Question

a) is always biologically detrimental to an organism

b) is merely the accumulation of genetic errors

c) can be programed and is essential to normal development

d) is a failure in the translation or transcription mechanism

e) is any failure of the genetic machinery to work properly

Answer 1

c) is a series of programmed events which bring about cell death at the end of its usefullness.

Answer 2

answer is 'C' most cells will 'suicide when adjacent cells will survive better without this cell.Cancer cells do not do this and so go on growing unchecked.some pathogen actually send a signal to the victim cell.

Answer 3

c

Answer 4

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