Question

Why should DNA be replicated prier to mitosis?

Answer 1

DNA should be replicated prior to the mitosis for the normal function of the new cells that would be formed after the mitosis cell division.

Explanation:

• In the eukaryotic cell, the cell goes through a process called the Cell Cycle before the cell division.
• In this cycle, DNA is synthesized during the S phase, or the synthesis phase where the amount of DNA in the cell becomes double.
• This is important because in eukaryotic cell DNA is the genetic material, which means that DNA has all the pre requisite information that would be needed by the new cell to function normally.
• So, both the cells which would be formed after the mitosis cell division would have full set of instructions which they would use for future functions.