There are dozens of good reviews of programmed cell death as a homeostatic process in normal development and physiology. You should be aware that apoptosis is but one of the various known forms of programmed cell death. May I suggest you study the current concepts in the PCD field reviewed in Galluzzi et al, Cell Death Differ. 25(3):486-541, 2018, and look for specific reviews in your current field of study in Pubmed. A large number of reviews focussed on the physiological roles of PCD were published in the 1990s and 2000s, but you are likely to find recent updates specific to your field.