Introduction

The life cycle of the eukaryotic cell is called the cell cycle. In the simplest terms, the cell cycle consists of two major stages:

• Interphase
• ​Occurs between two successive cell divisions.
• Represents the largest portion of the cell cycle
• Mitotic Cell Division
• ​Easily distinguished under the microscope.
• The parent cell splits into two resulting (sometimes called daughter) cells.
• As we shall see, this division stage has two parts: mitosis and cytokinesis.

The following video explains the cell cycle in more detail.

Summary

In this module, we have explored the eukaryotic cell cycle and defined the key stages which occur, including:

• Interphase
• G1 – 1st Growth Phase
• S – Synthesis Phase
• G2 – 2nd Growth Phase
• Mitosis
• Separation of chromosome copies
• Cytokinesis
• Splitting of the cell into two daughter cells

Sources:

“Cell Cycle phases.” Kahn Academy. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/U5vAO_f2LDQ_Licensed under: Standard YouTube License