A branching process model of telomere shortening

Communications in Statistics. Part C: Stochastic Models

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-177

  Olofsson, Peter ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching process; Cell population; Population dynamics; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543032783     PISSN: 08820287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326340008807581     Document Type: Article

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