Cells start to divide when they receive a signal. They continue to divide until they get another signal to stop. A cell with damaged DNA may not respond to the stop signal. The cell can become cancerous and divide uncontrollably. The cancerous cell and all its daughter cells can form a tumor. During which step of the cell cycle does a cell get a signal to begin cell division?
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