DNA<span> is </span>replicated<span> during interphase, the </span>phase of the cell cycle<span> that precedes the four stages of mitosis: anaphase, prophase, prometaphase and telophase. According to CyberBridge, a life sciences website maintained by Harvard University,</span>DNA<span> replication occurs during the S </span>phase<span> of interphase</span>
Pieces of genes can be inserted into the genetic material of prokaryotes so that they will make the protein products encoded in the genes or copies of the genes themselves
