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•First Growth Phase (G1): This phase is a period of growth for the cell. During this phase, the cell also produces new proteins and organelles
• Synthesis Phase (S): During this phase, the cell makes (synthesizes) an entire copy of the DNA of the cell.
• Second Growth Phase (G2): During this phase, the cell produces the organelles and structures needed for cell division. This phase is the shortest of the phases of interphase
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• The genetic material (DNA), which normally exists in the form of chromatin, becomes a chromosome
• There are two identical copies of each chromosome in the cell
•Sister chromosomes are attached to each other at the centromere. |
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| The chromosomes line up on the equator of the cell. |
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•The proteins that bind the sister chromatids together are split, allowing them to separate. They are pulled apart by the microtubules, towards the respective centrioles to which they are attached
•The cell gets more oval-like |
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• The nuclear membrane reforms
• The chromosomes become chromatin again
• cytokinesis or cleavage furrow, where the cellular membrane pinches off between the two newly separated nuclei, to form two new daughter cells |
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