Contact Inhibition Is Best Explained by Which Statement

question 47

Multiple Choice

Contact inhibition is best explained by which statement?

• A) Contact between neighboring cells triggers reactions leading to inhibition of mitosis.
• B) As neighboring cells become more tightly packed together, their size is restricted and cytokinesis can no longer occur.
• C) As cell number increases, the protein kinases they produce compete with neighboring cells, inhibiting mitosis.
• D) As cell number increases, the level of waste products increases, consequently slowing metabolism leading to mitosis.
• E) As cell number increases, size restrictions inhibit protein synthesis.

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