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During S phase of the cell cycle, the amount of DNA ______(a) triples(b) remains the same(c) quadruples(d) doublesThis question was posed to me in unit test.Query is from Cell Cycle in division Cell Cycle and Cell Division of Biology – Class 11

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Right choice is (d) doubles

The EXPLANATION is: During S phase or synthesis phase, DNA synthesis or replication TAKES place. This is because at the end of every cell division, the cell SPLITS into two daughter cells which have equal amount of DNA. HENCE the amount of DNA doubles.



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