The E. coli cell is 2 m long and 1 m in diameter, while a typical eukaryotic cell is 20 m in diameter. Assuming that the E. coli cell is a perfect cylinder and the eukaryotic cell is a perfect sphere, calculate the surface-to-volume ratio for each cell type [cylinder volume V = r2h; cylinder area A = 2 r2 + 2 rh; sphere volume V = 4/3( r3); sphere area 4 r2].What do these numbers tell you about the evolutionary changes that would have to occur to generate an efficient eukaryotic cell considering that most biochemical processes depend on membrane-bound processes.
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