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Description: (a) Diatom asexual reproduction involves repeated mitotic division. Because a new lower cell-wall piece is always synthesized, asexual reproduction can eventually cause the mean cell size to decline in a diatom population. (b) Small cell size may trigger sexual reproduction, which regenerates maximal cell size.
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