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ALTHOUGH what precisely determines the characteristic size of the cell is still unknown its regulation must have been of enormous significance during evolution1,2. Bigger cells have a relatively lower metabolic rate than smaller ones so that the reduction of cell size is of adaptive value when changing environmental conditions requires an increase in metabolism and vice versa1,2. A decrease in cell size, however, must be accompanied by a corresponding loss of DNA if the nucleo–cytoplasmic relationship, which is fundamental in cell biology, is to be maintained.
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SCHMIDTKE, J., ZENZES, M., DITTES, H. et al. Regulation of cell size in fish of tetraploid origin. Nature 254, 426–427 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/254426a0
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