Today, the Railroad Retirement program is closely tied to the far better-known Social Security program, and although the Railroad Retirement program and Social Security share a number of common elements, key differences also exist between the two in areas such as funding and benefit structure.
The Cell Cycle. The cell cycle is the life cycle of a cell (Figure 5.3). At the end of the cell cycle, after mitosis has taken place, the parent cell no longer exists; it has given rise to two daughter cells. There are two phases in the cell cycle, interphase and mitosis.
The cell cycle is the complex sequence of events by which cells grow and divide. In eukaryotic cells, this process includes a series of four distinct phases. These phases consist of the Mitosis phase (M), Gap 1 phase (G 1), Synthesis phase (S), and Gap 2 phase (G 2) .hases of the Cell Cycle. 1  G1 phase: The period prior to the synthesis of DNA. 2  In this phase, the cell increases in mass and organelle number in preparation for cell division. 3  Animal cells in this phase are diploid, meaning that they have two sets of chromosomes.