Modeling of chromosome intermingling by partially overlapping uniform random polygons

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-389

  Blackstone, T ^a   Scharein, R ^a   Borgo, B ^a   Varela, R ^a   Diao, Y ^b   Arsuaga, J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, GENETIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79951514526     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0338-8     Document Type: Article

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