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How does Taxol arrest dividing cells?
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It stabilizes microtubules by blocking depolymerization.
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Why does a cell cycle exist in dividing cells?
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To replicate DNA once and partition one complete copy to each daughter.
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Why is interphase not considered a resting phase?
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It is metabolically busiest and occupies about 90% of the cycle.
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What does n mean in cell-cycle notation?
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Ploidy: the number of chromosome sets.
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