If a bacterial cell undergoing binary fission failed to replicate its DNA before the division process occurred, what might result?
Each daughter cell would continue on with one-half of the parent cell’s genes.
One daughter cell would receive no DNA but would continue to survive because it acquired all other cell components.
At least one cell would die because it would not have a complete copy of every gene.
The cell would switch to a sexual mode of reproduction.
4. An advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction is that sexual reproduction (1 point)
takes less time.

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If a bacterial cell undergoing binary fission failed to replicate its DNA before the division process occurred, what might result?  
Each daughter cell would continue on with one-half of the parent cell’s genes.
One daughter cell would receive no DNA but would continue to survive because it acquired all other cell components.
At least one cell would die because it would not have a complete copy of every gene.
The cell would switch to a sexual mode of reproduction.
4.   An advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction is that sexual reproduction  (1 point)
takes less time.

andrefontex · Answer

At least one cell would die because it would not have a complete copy of every gene. However, the cell could live if only non-essential genes were lost. But half of the parent cell's genes is too much