Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Cell cycle


  • A Series of changes that happens in a newly formed cell to duplicate its genome, enlarge its size, synthesize its proteins and finally to divide are together known as the cell cycle.
  • A eukaryotic cell consists of 2 main phases: Interphase and mitototic phase.
  • Interphase is the longest un-dividing phase, which is followed by either mitosis (or) meiosis.
  • Interphase is metabolically active, which is divide into G1, S and G2 phases. G1 → Pre mitotic phase; S → synthesis of DNA and G2 → Post mitotic phase.
  • Growth of cell and protein synthesis happens in G1 and G2 phase.
  • DNA replication occurs in 'S' phase to change the concentration of DNA from 1C → 2C (for a haploid cell) and 2C → 4C (in a diploid cell), but chromosome number does not change.
  • Mitotic phase is further divided into karyokinesis (Nuclear division) and Cytokinesis (Cell division).
  • The correct sequence in a cell cycle for these phases will be [G1 → S → G2 → M]

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