Proliferation and competition in discrete biological systems

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-396

  Louzoun, Yoram ^a   Solomon, Sorin ^b   Atlan, Henri ^c   Cohen, Irun R ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0037407781     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8240(03)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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