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Chapter 23, Problem 8

What is apoptosis, and under what circumstances do cells undergo this process?

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Hello everyone here. We have a question asking which of the following proteus is is responsible for initiating apoptosis. Let's look at our options. We have elastics, elastics, digests elastin which is present in pancreatic juice. So A. Is incorrect. We have be insulin. Insulin degrades insulin as the name suggests. So B. Is incorrect. We have C. Cast space. Cast space is responsible for finishing apoptosis. So it is our answer. But let's look at our last option. D. Hyaluronic hyaluronic days helps in the penetration of sperm into the oven during fertilization. So D. Is incorrect. So our answer again is see past face. Thank you for watching. Bye.
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