“Given the choice, a yeast cell's ideal state is to be diploid. But if it's in an environment with a lack of nutrients, you know what happens? The diploids break into haploids again. Solitary little haploids. Because, in a crisis, it's easier to survive as a single cell.”
Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides
Book:The Marriage Plot
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The Marriage Plot
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