Types of cell growth

If each daughter cell that is produced is capable of producing additional cells we get exponential growth.

In plants only a small group of cells are growing, when that group of cells does not increase in number, we have linear growth

In many animals, cells grow exponentially and then stop resulting in a limited or sigmoidal growth pattern.

For a comparison of growth curves

Do plants grow exponentially?

Text iGenetics by Peter J. Russell

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by Kenneth G. Wilson,
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Miami University
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