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cell cycle The necessary sequence of growth and synthetic stages through which a cell passes, from its origin by mitosis of a parent cell until its own division into daughter cells; consists of a G1 (first gap) period, an S (synthesis) phase, a G2 period and an M (mitosis) period.

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