Interphase:
The stage in the development of a cell between two successive divisions
This phase of the cell cycle is a continuum of three distinct stages:
G1 – cell grows, copies organelles
S – DNA is replicated
G2 – cell grows, copies organelles, makes proteins, prepares for mitosis, then ends when mitosis starts
M phase
The period of the cell cycle in which the cell and contents divide to create two genetically identical daughter cells
This phase is comprised of two distinct stages:
Mitosis – Nuclear division, whereby DNA (as condensed chromosomes) is separated into two identical nuclei
Cytokinesis – Cytoplasmic division, whereby cellular contents are segregated and the cell splits into two