FIGURE 3.

Larger cell size mitigates lack of spatial coordination between cell division machinery and genetic information. A small cell (left) requires a sophisticated apparatus to coordinate cell division and chromosomes. For larger cells (right) the requirements for coordination are more relaxed. This applies in particular for multi-nucleoid cells where despite some genetic material being damaged during division the majority of daughter cells still receive a full complement of genes and remain viable. At least in rod shapes, long diploid cells can also give rise to viable population even when their division plane placement is random.