ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

On continuous time version of two-phase cell cycle model of Tyrcha

Authors

Abstract

We consider a model of two-phase cell cycle in a maturity-structured cellular population, which consists of a system of first order linear partial differential equations (transport equations). The model is based on similar biological assumptions as models of Lasota-Mackey, Tyson-Hannsgen and Tyrcha. We examine behavior of the solutions of the system along characteristics, give conditions for existence of invariant density, and compare results with outcomes of generational model.

Keywords

cell cycle, transport equations, invariant density, Markov operators
Main language of publication
English
Published
2013
Published online
2013-03-09
Exact and natural sciences