MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 Rotifers are a classification of small animals that exhibit eutely, in which all adults possess a fixed, identical number of somatic cells which cease to divide upon adulthood. Which of the following would be expected of eutelic organisms?
    		 

    A

    		 The organisms do not reproduce past reaching adulthood.

    B

    		 The organisms have no need for nucleic acids past adulthood.

    C

    		 The organisms are less susceptible to cancer.

    D

    		 Barring death from external causes like predation, the organisms are essentially immortal.



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