Before revision: URLanism from various kingdoms of life face the challenge of regulating their size. Despite decades of research, we still do not have a good understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in this regulation, and how cells coordinate the different events of the cell cycle , such as growth, division and DNA replication is still unclear. Here, we report on experimental results for the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the bacterium Escherichia coli, showing that, remarkably, they share a common strategy for cell size control. We collected data on single-cell growth and cell cycle progression in S . cerevisiae in several growth media and estimated the distributions of ] ] size at birth and interdivision time as well as their correlations throughout cell lineages.
After revision: To maintain a constant cell size, dividing cells have to coordinate cell cycle progression in S . cerevisiae in several growth media and estimated the distributions of ] ] size at birth and interdivision time as well as their correlations throughout cell lineages.