True or False: Mitosis will overwrite existing patients in an environment.

• A. True
• B. Sometimes
• C. False
• D. Only if specified

Answer: (C)

Mitosis is about making new cells by dividing a single parent cell into two genetically identical daughter cells. It doesn’t overwrite or erase existing cells in place. Instead, it creates new cells that can replace cells that have died or been removed, or contribute to growth or tissue repair, while the original cell’s content is distributed into the two new cells. So the statement is false because mitosis itself does not overwrite existing cells; it produces new cells.