In 'S' phase of the cell cycle

Question

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.

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In 'S' phase of cell cycle the DNA content doubles, i.e., 1C to 2C for haploid cells and 2C to 4C for diploid cells. However, the number of chromosomes does not increase.

Q. In 'S' phase of the cell cycle

amount of DNA doubles in each cell

amount of DNA remains same in each cell

chromosome number is increased

amount of DNA is reduced to half in each cell.

In 'S' phase of cell cycle the DNA content doubles, i.e., 1C to 2C for haploid cells and 2C to 4C for diploid cells. However, the number of chromosomes does not increase.