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S Phase

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S phase, the synthesis stage of interphase, is when a cell replicates its chromosomal DNA, producing sister chromatids, and also duplicates its centrosome.

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Each chromosome entering S phase as a single DNA molecule exits as two sister chromatids joined at the centromere.

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S phase copies chromosomes but does not yet separate or fully condense them — that comes later, in mitosis.