Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level
Cell cycle and interphase
What Cell cycle and interphase means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cell cycle and interphase
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The sequence of events from one cell division to the next, in which interphase is the longest phase and includes G₁, S and G₂.
Topics that use Cell cycle and interphase
- Topic 3: Voice of the Genome (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Acrosome
- Acrosome reaction
- Continuous variation and normal distribution
- Cortical reaction
- Differential gene expression
- DNA methylation
- DNA replication and sister chromatids
- Epigenetic changes
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