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GATE 2024 BT – Question 19

Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology · Cell Biology: Eukaryotic cell structure, cell cycle and growth control, cell-cell communication, signalling and signal transduction · 1 mark · Multiple choice

During normal embryonic development of the mice paw, elimination of cells from the inter-digital space is due to ________.

  1. apoptosis
  2. meiosis
  3. mutagenesis
  4. necrosis

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Correct answer: (A) apoptosis

Explanation

The webbing between the digits is removed by programmed cell death (apoptosis).