Contraction and relaxation at cosmic and micro levels!
Inspiration: Cyclic universe theory supports the concept of contraction and relaxation of the universe is cyclic yet in an exponential manner. Similarly, the genetic material of the cell (duplicates), contracts, and then divides to give rise to two cells.
Reference:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.056
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_cycle