IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE CELL CYCLE DURING INTERPHASE
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The cell cycle consists two main phases: interphase and mitotic phase (M-phase).
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Interphase: is the longest phase of cell cycle, overall takes 16 hours for a growing mammalian cell.
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It consists three stages:
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G1 (Gap-1) phase: It is presynthesis stage, in which cell prepares for DNA replication, which takes 5 hours. Due to which chromosomes are replicated.
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S (synthetic) phase: It is synthetic phase, in which DNA replication takes place. This phase over in 7 hours.
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G2 (Gap-2) phase: It is post synthetic stage, where cell gets ready for cell division or else we can say for Mitotic phase. This phase completes in 3 hours