BIOLOGY 2E
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ISBN: 9781506699851
Author: OpenStax
Publisher: XANEDU PUBLISHING
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Chapter 9, Problem 16RQ
Apoptosis can occur in a cell when the cell is
- damaged
- no longer needed
- infected by a virus
- all of the above
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