Which of the following is an effect of a decrease in the surface-area-to-volume ratio of a cell?

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anonymous · Answer

One interesting effect is the heat loss flux in warmblooded and cold-blooded animals. Since heat-transfer increases with surface area and decreased with volume the surface to volume ratio S/V is particularly telling for the effect.

anonymous · Answer

a. genes mutate, resulting in a cancerous cell, b. waste removal becomes slower, c. the cell cycle speeds up. which one?

anonymous · Answer

It's either a or c

anonymous · Answer

Further reference always post the multiple choice...

aaronq · Answer

b. waste removal becomes slower

because the V increases ^3 and SA increases ^2, meaning the volume increases much more rapidly and diffusion across the cytoplasm takes longer.

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