A skin cell in G2 of interphase has twice as much DNA as it had in G1.
A skin cell is somatic cell that undergoes mitosis (cell division). Mitosis together with interphase is part of the cell cycle.
Interphase also known as a phase for the preparation for division consists of three phases:
• G1- cell becomes larger, copies organelles, and makes the building blocks necessary for the new cell
• S-cell copies its DNA in the nucleus (that is why G2 phase has twice as much DNA as it had in G1)
• G2 – cell continues to grow, makes proteins and organelles.
During the mitosis, the cell separates its DNA into two and divides its cytoplasm, forming two new daughter cells.
