USATestprep question:
Mitosis is responsible for growth, repair, and maintenance in an organism because
Answer:
C)exact duplicates of each mother cell are produced.

explaination:

Mitosis produces exact duplicates of each mother cell are produced. Exact duplicates are required to make "more" of the cells and tissue required from growth and repair. Meiosis reduces the chromosome number by half to produce gametes.

C IS CORRECT!!!