While Jeff was looking under the microscope at cells in different stages of mitosis he commented on the fact that many cells were in the same stage.If you were looking under the compound light microscope at an onion root tip,what stage would the majority of the cells be in the cell cycle?
A) anaphase
B) metaphase
C) cytokinesis
D) interphase
E) prophase

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The majority of cells in the onion root tip would be in interphase, as this is the longest stage of the cell cycle and cells spend most of their time in this stage preparing for the phases of mitosis.

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