A stochastic model of eye lens growth

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 376, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-31

  Šikić, Hrvoje ^a,b   Shi, Yanrong ^b   Lubura, Snježana ^a   Bassnett, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching process; Emigration; Epithelium; Immigration; Mitosis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EYE; GROWTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS EPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; LENS; MARKOV CHAIN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84928155061     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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