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[#471] Which division is responsible for the continuity of hereditary information?
Correct Answer
(A) Mitosis
Explanation
Solution: The purpose of mitosis is to maintain continuity among cell progeny, meaning that if a tissue is made of thousands of cells that resulted from many mitosis events, each cell has the same number of genes as the original cell.
[#472] The type of division which occurs in somatic cells is known as
Correct Answer
(A) Mitosis
Explanation
Solution: Most of the time when people refer to “cell division,” they mean mitosis, the process of making new body cells and it occurs in all somatic cells. Meiosis is the type of cell division that creates egg and sperm cells i.e. Germ cells which are helpful in sexual reproduction.
[#473] Of the following, which is the most fundamental generalization in biology?
Correct Answer
(C) Cell theory
Explanation
Solution: Cell theory is the most fundamental generalization in biology.
[#474] Where does protein synthesis take place?
Correct Answer
(B) Ribosomes
Explanation
Solution: Ribosomes are the sites in a cell in which protein synthesis takes place. Cells have many ribosomes, and the exact number depends on how active a particular cell is in synthesizing proteins.
[#475] Membrane bound pigment containing bodies present in the cells are called as
Correct Answer
(C) Plastids
Explanation
Solution: The plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms.