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e. interphase
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Most cells spend much of their lives in interphase, the part of the cell cycle that prepares the cell for cell division. Interphase consists of three phases: G1, S, and G2. During these phases, the cell grows larger, organelles are copied, and DNA is replicated. Only a small part of the life cycle of cells is spent in cell division or mitosis, which consists of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.