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Jun 30, 2017 at 8:26 comment added inf3rno @Roland My guess would be that it depends on the cell surface / volume ratio, but reality use to be much more complex. :-)
Jun 30, 2017 at 6:28 comment added Roland The fastest carcinoma cell I have seen is the HCT-116 line, its doubling time is about 17h. They are quite small cells.
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Jun 29, 2017 at 9:50 comment added inf3rno @Nicolai Feel free to correct the answer.
Jun 29, 2017 at 7:49 comment added Nicolai While ~24h is a reasonable maximum estimate for eukaryotic cells, this is very wrong for bacteria. Laboratory strains of e.coli can double the cell number in ~20 minutes (see this question)
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