[pbs] Clonal breakdown

Diane Whitehead voltaire at islandnet.com
Tue Nov 21 16:38:02 EST 2006


I have read articles on human aging that state that cells can  
duplicate themselves only a certain number of times.  I'm not sure  
what happens when this point is reached:  do they stop?  do they  
accumulate mutations?

Could this limit on cell duplication also be present in plants?

		Diane Whitehead


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