MCQ
A cell can be declared dead, when it:
- ✓Loses its capacity to divide but otherwise physiologically active due to intact nucleus.
- BHas lost its nucleus.
- CIs metabolically dead.
- DBoth $B$ and $C.$
✓
Answer
Correct option: A.
Loses its capacity to divide but otherwise physiologically active due to intact nucleus.
Metabolism is the central defining characteristic of a living cell. For example, the living objects and living organisms are made up of same elements but in living organisms, biomolecules are been constantly synthesized or broken down and energy exchanges occur all the time and regulated by the nucleus. If the cell lost its nucleus then on other cellular activities will occur.
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