Jutta Ellermann is a MSK fellowship trained Board Certified Radiologist with 10 years of clinical practice at the University of Minnesota with a special focus on MSK imaging research. Her areas of research interest include:
â in cells capable of dividing, the period between cell divisions is called interphase â cells spend most of their time in interphase because this is the phase where they perform their functions (obtaining energy, synthesizing products, repair damage, fight disease, duplicate their genetic material and get ready for division)
Stages. Meiosis is a big event in a cells life, but I should point out that most of a cell's life is spent in interphase. This is a phase of a cell's life in which the cell is growing, replicating DNA and carrying out general activities. It's during interphase that a cell gets ready for meiosis.