List the 3 events of the cell cycle (not of mitosis).

Cell cycle can be divided into three phases:

1. Resting-G0 phase

·         G0- the cell has left the cycle and has stopped dividing.

2. Interphase (G1, S and G2 subphases)

·         G1- the cell grows

·         S- cell duplicates its DNA

·         G2- cell is continuing with preparation

3. Cell division-Mitosis (karyokinesis and cytokinesis)

·         Karyokinesis- the cell's chromosomes are divided

·         Cytokinesis- the cell's cytoplasm is divided

the diploid number of chromosomes is sometimes represented by the symbol 2n. for the fruit fly, the diploid number is 8, which can be written as 2n = 8, where n represents twice the number of chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell.