上帝充通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Significance of being small(2):evolution Per unit of available resources,small cells will typically develop larger populations larger cell populations mean more cell divisions more mutations accumulate from spontaneous errors in DNA replication →mutations are'‘row materia'that drives evolutionary change Shanghal Jlao Tona UniversttyShanghai Jiao Tong University Significance of being small (2): evolution Per unit of available resources, small cells will typically develop larger populations larger cell populations mean more cell divisions more mutations accumulate from spontaneous errors in DNA replication mutations are ‘row material’ that drives evolutionary change