interphase is a process that a cell goes through in order to prepare for _______ _______.
Interphase is the process a cell must go through before mitosis, meiosis, and cytokinesis. Interphase consists of four main stages: G1, S, and G2. G1 is a time of growth for the cell. If the cell does not progress through G1, the cell then enters a stage called G0. In G0, cells are still living but they are put on hold. The cells may later be called back into interphase if needed at a later time.
Interphase is also considered to be the 'living' phase of the cell, in which the cell obtains nutrients, grows, reads its DNA, and conducts other normal cell functions. The cells increase its size and make a copy of its DNA, during cell division. In interphase, the cell gets itself ready for mitosis, the process by which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus into two identical sets in two nuclei or meiosis, a type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction.