Why is dna damage repaired before cells enter mitosis?

The fish shown above is a tarpon. it is a fast-swimming and powerful open-water fish. its closest relatives, oddly, are burrow-dwelling conger eels that stay on the bottom. both eels and tarpon developed from snake-like larvae that float in the plankton during the first stages of life. once they mature, tarpon and eels are not found near one another in the ocean. the tarpon and the eel illustrate all of the following except

Which part of the cell is affected by the movement of molecules through diffusion, osmosis and active transport?

Which is the function of the hypothalamus in thermoregulation? answers: -sensor -effector -stimulus -intergrating center it's either a or c i believe