Cell Cycle - Bigger Picture

1

M phase - cell is visibly dividing

2

Interphase

3

G1 phase - cells increase in size and do metabolic activities

4

S phase - each chromosome is duplicated into 2 sister chromatids

5

G2 phase - structures that make cell division possible are made

6

Mitosis - nucleus divides

7

Cytokinesis - parent cell splits into 2 daughter cells

8

G0 phase - cell is out of cell cycle, no longer divides

9

cell from G0 phase re-enters cell cycle

What phase does the cell spend most of its life in?

interphase