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Can you think of reasons why more complex organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through regeneration?

In regeneration a particular type of cell can give rise to its own kind of cell only. In complex organisms, different tissues and organs have different structure; regeneration of a different kind of tissue from one kind of cell is not possible in complex organism. Therefore, complex organisms do not give rise to individual through regeneration.


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