Self Assessment Answer # 5
for Lesson 1

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Mitosis and meiosis occur only in eukaryotic cells.
(It is not correct to say they occur only in multicellular organisms because some unicellular organisms are eukaryotes! )
[You could have been more specific and explained that meiosis occurs in cells destined to become gametes.]


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