In 'S' phase of the cell cycle:

3 2014 AIPMT Cell Cycle and Cell Division Cell cycle Easy

In 'S' phase of the cell cycle:

A Amount of DNA doubles in each cell

B Amount of DNA remains same in each cell

C Chromosome number is increased

D Amount of DNA is reduced to half in each cell

Detailed Solution

S (synthesis) phase is when DNA replication takes place. The amount of DNA per cell doubles, but the chromosome number does not change.

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