This phase of cell cycle is a period of intense synthesis and growth. It constitutes 95% of the duration of the cell cycle. It is

Interphase

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Telophase

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Solution

The correct option is A Interphase
One cycle of cell division in human cells takes 24 hours in which cell division proper lasts for only about an hour while interphase lasts more than $95 %$ of the duration of cell cycle.

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In a cell cycle, the phase of minimum duration is __.

(A)	Second gap phase	-	Cytoplasmic growth continues
(B)	First gap phase	-	Initiation of replication
(C)	Interphase	-	Phase of preparation for cell division
(D)	DNA synthesis phase	-	Doubling of number of chromosome in cell

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