The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes ( 2 n ) in each cell. During the interphase of mitosis if the number of chromosomes at G 1 phase is 8 . What would be the number of chromosomes after the S phase?

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The number of chromosomes remains the same after S-phase, but the amount of DNA becomes double. S phase is the phase of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between the G 1 phase and G 2 phase. Since accurate duplication of the genome is critical to successful cell division, the processes that occur during S-phase are tightly regulated and widely conserved.