What is Actos (pioglitazone)? Pioglitazone is an oral drug that reduces the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood. It is in a class of anti-diabetic drugs called thiazolidinediones that are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The other member in this class is rosiglitazone (Avandia).
The period between one cell division and the next is called the  interphase. It is the resting phase between successive mitotic or  meiotic divisions of a cell.
The phases of the cell cycle occur in meiosis as well as mitosis; you will see later how they differ. The length of time of the cell cycle varies among organisms and among cell types. Later in this laboratory you will calculate the length of time a cell spends in several phases of the cell cycle.