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Analyse the events during every stage of cell cycle and notice how the following two parameters change
Number of chromosomes $(\mathrm{N})$ per cell
ii Amount of DNA content $($ C $)$ per cell
Number of chromosomes $(\mathrm{N})$ per cell
ii Amount of DNA content $($ C $)$ per cell
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$2 \mathrm{~N}$ corresponds to diploid chromosomes where as $2 \mathrm{C}$ corresponds to diploid.
(i) Number of chromosomes doubles after mitotic cell division and becomes half after meiotic cell division.
(ii) During $\mathrm{S}$ phase the DNA content doubles, but number of chromosomes remains the same.
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