Cell Cycle

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Cell Cycle: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Interkinesis, Cell Cycle and Cell Division, Cell Cycle, Phases of Cell Cycle, Interphase, G1 Phase, S Phase, G2 Phase, M Phase, G0 Phase, Cell Division, and Amitosis.

Important Questions on Cell Cycle

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The nucleus of a diploid organism contains 3 ng of DNA in G1 phase. Which ONE of the following statement describes the state of the cell at the end of S phase?

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Which of the following statements best describes the G0 stage of the cell cycle?

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Cells in G0 phase of cell cycle

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Cell division is initiated by

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During which phase(s) of cell cycle amount of DNA in a cell remains at 4C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C

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During interphase, RNA and proteins are synthesized in

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In which phase of the cell cycle, cytokinesis takes place.

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A bacterial culture was started with an inoculum of 10 cells. What will be the number of cells at the end of 10 cycles of division, assuming that every progeny cell undergoes division in each cycle?

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Amitosis usually occur in

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Assertion (A) : Chromosomes are inactive and not transcribed to messenger RNA in phase of apparent division

Reason (R): Cells remains metabolically active but no longer divide in quiescent stage

 

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Duplication of DNA can occur at which phase?

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The sequence of events, by which a cell duplicates its genome, synthesises other constituents and eventually divides into daughter cells, is termed as :-

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If a cell has twice as much DNA as in a normal functional cell, it means that the cell:

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Which part of the cell divides first during cell division?

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Which of the following does not occur in the interphase of eukaryotic cell division?

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Maturation promoting factor (MPF) induces

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The phase of cell cycle during which ‘DNA polymerase’ is functionally active:

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Which phase comes in between the G1 and G2 phase of cell cycle?

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A biochemist measured the amount of DNA in cells growing in the laboratory and found the quantity of DNA in a cell doubled:

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The decision for cell division occurs in