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NEET · Biology · STD 11 - 10. Cell cycle and cell division

In \('S'\) phase of the cell cycle

  1. A amount of \(DNA\) doubles in each cell
  2. B amount of \(DNA\) remains same in each cell
  3. C chromosome number is increased
  4. D amount of \(DNA\) is reduced to half in each cell.
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(A) amount of \(DNA\) doubles in each cell

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