A cell contains DNA damage that causes it to undergo apoptosis before reaching mitosis. This cell had twice the amount of DNA for a cell of this type. During which checkpoint did this cell trigger apoptosis?(1 point)
Responses

G1
Checkpoint
cap g sub 1 Checkpoint

G2
Checkpoint
cap g sub 2 Checkpoint

M
Checkpoint
cap m Checkpoint

No checkpoint meets these criteria.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
G2 checkpoint.

Reason: Having twice the normal DNA means replication (S phase) is complete, so the DNA-damage checkpoint in G2 prevents entry into mitosis and can trigger apoptosis.