The cell cycle is the Select one: a. series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide. b. period of time between the birth and the death of a cell. c. time from prophase until cytokinesis. d. time it takes for one cell to undergo mitosis.

A) series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

Explanation:

Cell cycle refers to the sequential events which take place during the division of one parent cell to daughter cells.

Since the cell divides continuously in the multicellular organism therefore these events are repeated over and over again that is the same steps are repeated a thus is known as cyclic events.

The cell cycle takes place into two phases: the interphase during which the cell prepares itself for nuclear division and the karyokinesis during which the nucleus divides.

Thus, Option-A is correct.

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interphase

the period of cell growth when the cell synthesizes new molecules and organelles. the cell is not dividing and it constitutes the majority of the time spent in the cell cycle

prophase

changes occur in the nucleus and cytoplasm. the chromatin condenses to form structures (sister chromatids) visible with a light microscope and the mitotic spindle begins to form, but the nucleus is still in tact

prometaphase

the nuclear envelope fragments and the spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochores of the sister chromatids

metaphase

all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle

anaphase

begins when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of the two poles of the cell

telophase

the daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell

cytokinesis

the division of a cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells. usually occurs during telophase during mitosis. this and mitosis make up to mitotic (m) phase of the cell cycle