Cambridge IGCSE Biology
17.2Mitosis
Mitosis in Cambridge IGCSE Biology: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 17.2.1Supplement: describe mitosis as nuclear division giving genetically identical cells, state its roles, and state that chromosomes are copied before mitosis and the copies separate during it.
- 17.2.2Supplement: describe stem cells as unspecialised cells that divide by mitosis to give cells that can become specialised.
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Mitosis and meiosis
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