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