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Question
Growth is one of the characteristic of all living organisms? Do unicellular organisms also grow? If so, what are the parameters?
Solution
Yes, unicellular organisms also grow. Characteristics of growth increase in the mass of the cell and an increase in cell number. It grows by dividing its cells or undergoing cell division by an increase in cell mass as well as an increase in several cells.
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