Table 1. Model parameters and their meaning.

model parameters	meaning
g 0	exponential growth rate in the elongation phase
g 1	exponential growth rate in the reshaping phase
N	total number of effective cell cycle stages
N 0	number of cell cycle stages in the elongation phase
N 1	number of cell cycle stages in the reshaping phase
r 0	proportion of cell cycle stages in the elongation phase
r 1	proportion of cell cycle stages in the reshaping phase
w 0	proportion of the elongation phase
w 1	proportion of the reshaping phase
a	proportionality constant for the transition rate between stages
α	strength of size control
M 0	mean generalized added size in the elongation phase
M 1	mean generalized added size in the reshaping phase
p	mean partition ratio of cell size at division