<P> The term cell growth is used in the contexts of biological cell development and cell division (reproduction). When used in the context of cell development, the term refers to increase in cytoplasmic and organelle volume (G1 phase), as well as increase in genetic material (G2 phase) following the replication during S phase . This is not to be confused with growth in the context of cell division, referred to as proliferation, where a cell, known as the "mother cell", grows and divides to produce two "daughter cells" (M phase). </P> <P> Cell populations go through a particular type of exponential growth called doubling . Thus, each generation of cells should be twice as numerous as the previous generation . However, the number of generations only gives a maximum figure as not all cells survive in each generation . </P>

The regular cycle of growth and division that cells undergo is called