Modelling colony population growth in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 320, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-130

  Gifford, Danna R ^a   Schoustra, Sijmen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Evolutionary biology; Filamentous fungi; Mechanistic model; Population growth

Indexed keywords

COLONY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MODELING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCELIUM;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84872398640     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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