What Is the Resting Phase

Resting phase: More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the individual chromosomes cannot be distinguished, interphase was once thought to be the resting phase but it is far from a time of rest for the cell.

What is the resting phase of interphase called?

G2 Phase: This is also called the gap phase. Here the cell resumes cell growth and prepares for cell division. Mitochondria and chloroplast divide during this phase.

Which stage of cell cycle is called the resting phase?

Interphase is a resting stage.

Marcus Vance

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