The cell cycle is composed of interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis. It can be described in five steps.
The first three steps of the cell cycle are called the interphase. This is where the cell grows, the cell matures, and where the cell carries out its life function. The fourth step is mitosis and the fifth step is cytokinesis.
The interphase has three stages. These are Gap 1, synthesis, and Gap 2.
Gap 1 or growth 1 - where the cell grows and functions normally. Cell growth is twice its original size.
Synthesis - where cell duplicates its DNA
Gap 2 or growth 2 - where cell resumes its growth in preparation for division.
