Cells can be really big. Many cells are small, but some are gigantic. Each little "plant" in this picture is a single algal cell, Acetabularia, more than 10 cm long. What determines the size of cells? https://t.co/puvvVBnAGZ https://t.co/SjlBKD7HD8
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@built Diploid cells: 2 x 750 MB copies of nuclear DNA. Of that, only 200 MB is probably useful (200/1500). So we can, in theory, achieve 73% faster transcription times with 7x redundancy. Some references: * https://t.co/G6vLZX0H7V * https://t.co/dBbPvu
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'The essays in this collection address two related questions - why does cell size matter, and how do cells control it.' https://t.co/nqWeFwLufm https://t.co/5CIpRbJEYO
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RT @BMCBiology: What determines cell size? https://t.co/7xDe95pvb7