Interphase

What is Interphase?

  • This is the time in which a cell recovers from mitosis, or prepares for either mitosis or meiosis

Sub-phases

  1. G1 Period: begins after mitosis, in which the cell increases in size, and ribosomes and RNA that stimulate S phase are produced

  2. S Phase: in which DNA replication occurs

  3. G2 Period: cell prepares for mitosis; mitochondria and other organelles divide; condensation of chromosomes begins