Molecular Biology of the Cell (Sixth Edition)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (Sixth Edition)
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Author: Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 17, Problem 1P
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To examine:  Whether the statement “Since there are about 1013 cells in an adult human, and about 1010 cells die and are replaced each day, we become new people every three years” is true or false.

Introduction: Cell reproduces by cell division that is a series of events in which it duplicates its contents and then divides in two. The cell division cycle comprises the different phase. Two basic phase include the interphase and mitotic phase.

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Answer to Problem 1P

Correct answer: The statement is false.

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There are different types of cells in the human body such as cardiac cells, skeletal cells, muscle cells, and neuronal cells. There are many cells in the human body, but all cells do not undergo cell death and each type of cells have their own replacement rate. Neuron cells do not get replaced.

Hence, the statement is false.

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