Each Phase of the Cell Cycle Takes a Different Amount

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Essay

Each phase of the cell cycle takes a different amount of time for a cell to complete.The longer the length of the phase,the more likely you will find a cell in that phase.You are looking at some animal cells under the microscope,and you see cells at different phases of the cell cycle.You count how many are in each phase and find out that 90 percent are in interphase,6 percent are in prophase,1.5 percent are in metaphase,0.5 percent are in anaphase,and 2 percent are in telophase.If the length of the cell cycle is 24 hours,how long does it take for the cells to go through each of these phases of the cell cycle?

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