2007-03-22 16:51:16 · 7 answers · asked by Jill O 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
1. Replace worn-out cells
2. Repair damaged tissue
3. Grow by adding on cells
4. Develop (make new kinds of cells for flowers, legs on frogs, ...)
2007-03-22 16:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Multicellular organism go through wear and tear on a daily basis. In order to replenish the dead or dying cells, they go through mitosis. Without mitosis, multicellular organisms would lose cells and the organism would die completely.
2007-03-22 16:58:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jordan L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In science, the meaning of life is to survive and reproduce.
Complex muticellular organisms do mitosis to grow as an
oranism, individual, in due time, sexually matured to
reproduce and pass on its genotypes to its offspring.
2007-03-23 00:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by ?́? ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Multicellular means more than one cell. For a cell to have more than one cell, it undergoes mitosis to duplicate itself. This is how it grows.
2007-03-22 16:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this out:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061130173511AAkSIjZ
2007-03-22 16:58:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to reproduce
2007-03-23 03:51:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to replace old/dead cells.
2007-03-22 16:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by jkk04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋