A Short-Term Advantage for Syngamy in the Origin of Eukaryotic Sex: Effects of Cell Fusion on Cell Cycle Duration and Other Effects Related to the Duration of the Cell Cycle—Relationship between Cell Growth Curve and the Optimal Size of the Species, and Circadian Cell Cycle in Photosynthetic Unicellular Organisms
Figure 16
Graphs showing time/size of cell cycles with and without fusion, by assuming that critical size is reached (or exceeded) after cell fusion. (a) with two consecutive divisions. (b) with delayed second division. In this type of cell cycles, the checkpoints of the cell cycle do not depend on the level of ploidy.
