Interphase is an active period of growth and preparation. Cells replicate DNA, make proteins, grow cytoplasm and increase organelles before dividing.
Multicellular organisms benefit from cell specialization and division of labour.
Outline the processes occurring during interphase in the cell cycle.
growth/increase in cell size;
division of mitochondria/chloroplasts/production of more organelles/number of organelles doubled;
replication of DNA/amount of DNA is doubled;
transcription of genes/production of mRNA;
protein synthesis;
cell respiration/production of ATP;