Multiple choice

If a researcher examines primordial germ cells in a prepubertal human male under the microscope, in what stage of the cell cycle will he find them?

  1. Interphase

  2. Prophase

  3. Anaphase

  4. Telophase

  5. Metaphase

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Explanation

Interphase occurs just prior to cell division. Prepubertal male primordial germ cells are reactivated from interphase at puberty and enter rounds of mitoses followed by meiosis 1 and 2 to produce a unique haploid sperm.