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Compare and contrast cell death by apoptosis and by necrosis.
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Apoptosis is a type of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms. It is a process where a cell dies in response to a certain cycle. This process is characterized by energy-dependent biochemical mechanisms, shrinkage of the cell, condensation Show more…
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Why do you think apoptosis occurs by a different mechanism from the cell death that occurs in cell necrosis? What might be the consequences if apoptosis were not achieved in so neat and orderly a fashion, whereby the cell destroys itself from within and avoids leakage of its contents into the extracellular space?
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