On the number of founding germ cells in humans

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Zheng, Chang Jiang ^a   Luebeck, E Georg ^b   Byers, Breck ^c   Moolgavkar, Suresh H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 25444515473     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-32     Document Type: Article

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