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What is called quiescent stage? Give information.

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Some cells in the adult animals do not appear to exhibit division (e.g., heart cells, nerve cells) and many other cells divide only occasionally as needed, to replace cells that have been lost because of injury or cell death.
These cells that do not divide further exit `G_1` phase to enter an inactive stage called quiescent stage `(G_0)` of the cell cycle.
Cells in this stage remain metabolically active but no longer proliferate unless called on to do so depending on the requirement of the organism.
Note : In animals, mitotic cell division is only seen in the diploid somatic cells. The plants can show mitotic divisions in both haploid (n) and (2n) diploid cells.
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