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In 'S' phase of the cell cycle...

In 'S' phase of the cell cycle

A

amount of DNA doubles in each cell

B

amount of DNA remains same in each cell

C

chromosome number is increased

D

amount of DNA is reduced to half in each cell

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A
S- phase is the synthesis phase in which the cell synthesise a replica of its genome, i.e. DNA replication occurs by DNA polymerase.
DNA replication along with the synthesis of histone proteins results in the duplication of chromosomal material, i.e., amount of DNA doubles in each cell.
Amount of DNA remains unchanged during `G_(1)` - phase or post mitotic gap and /or `G_(2)` - phase or pre mitotic phase.
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