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Cell Cycle and Mitosis
INTERPHASE
The initial stage of the cell cycle is known asInterphase. It directly paves the way for mitosis, orcell division, and is the state in which the cells use up the majority of its existence. Interphase is a stage in the cell cycle when a cell doubles its cytoplasm and synthesizes DNA. Interphase is also considered to be the 'living' phase of the cell, in which the cell obtains nutrients, grows, reads its DNA, and conducts other "normal" cell functions. The cells increase its size and make a copy of its DNA, during cell division.
In interphase, the cell gets itself ready for mitosis, the process by which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus into two identical sets in two nuclei or meiosis, a type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction. Interphase can be predictable, under amicroscope, since the nuclear membrane (a layer that surrounds the genetic material) is unbroken, and chromosomes are not visible, though the nucleolus (a non-membrane bound structure) may be noticeable as an enlarged dark spot.