Coefficient of variation of haploid cell size at fission

Range ~0.06 unitless
Organism Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Reference Turner JJ, Ewald JC, Skotheim JM. Cell size control in yeast. Curr Biol. 2012 May 8 22(9):R350-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.041. p.R351 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID22575477
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Comments p.R351 left column 2nd paragraph: "For haploid cells, the coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) of S. pombe cell size at fission is ~0.06, while the coefficient of variation of S. cerevisiae cell size at budding is ~0.17 (primary sources)."
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