True OR False. During interphase, the chromosomes are tightly bound and visible under a light microscope.

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True OR False. During interphase, the chromosomes are tightly bound and visible under a light microscope.

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Interphase is the major part of the cell cycle  and incorporates the stages as G1, S and G2 stages. During interphase, the cell develops and grows (G1), repeats or replicates its DNA (S) and gets ready for mitosis (G2). A cell in interphase is integrating proteins, duplicating DNA into RNA, inundating extracellular material, handling signals, to prepare for further process of cell division stages.

 

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