A gene is (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Answer:
Interphase
Explanation:
Interphase is the G1, or gap 1, phase in which the new cell grows and carries out its functions in the body; the S, or synthesis, phase when the chromosomes replicate; and the G2, or gap 2, phase, when the cell grows further and prepares to divide.