The cell cycle, mitosis for growth and repair, and meiosis for gamete formation and genetic variation.
Cells divide to grow, repair and reproduce. Two types of division do very different jobs.
The cell cycle
Interphase (the cell grows and DNA replicates) → mitosis (nuclear division) → cytokinesis (the cell splits).
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