Given below is a schematic break-up of the phases/stages of cell cycle. Which one of the following is the correct indication of the stage/phase in the cell cycle? [figure]
- C - karyokinesis
- D - synthetic phase
- A - cytokinesis
- B - metaphase
Answer
(2) D - synthetic phase
Solution
In the figure, the inner circle is interphase and the fan on top is the M phase (mitosis); the arrows show that the cycle runs clockwise.
⇒ As per NCERT, interphase is divided into G1 phase, S phase (synthesis phase) and G2 phase, in this order.
⇒ Leaving mitosis clockwise, the right part of the ring is G1 (with G0 branching off), the lower-left part D is the S phase, and the upper-left part is G2, which leads back into mitosis.
⇒ In the M phase fan, band A spans the four stages of nuclear division (karyokinesis), B is the third of these stages (anaphase), and the separate last column C is cytokinesis.
∴ The correct indication is D – synthetic phase.
Answer: (2)