Growth of cell populations with arbitrarily distributed cycle durations. I. basic model |
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Authors: | Eberhard O. Voit Georg Dick |
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Affiliation: | Zoologisches Institut der Universität Köln, 1. Lehrstuhl: Experimentelle Morphologie, Weyertal 119, 5000 Köln 41, West Germany |
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Abstract: | A discrete model is proposed describing the growth of cell populations with arbitrary frequency distributions of cycle durations. The model assumes that each cell divides into two cells at the end of its cycle, and that each new cell is assigned an individual cycle duration according to a probability distribution that can be arbitrarily defined. The increase in the cell number is calculated, either from the numbers of cells at earlier time points or from the initial conditions of the population, by a recurrence formula; it is also approximated by the optimal exponential function, whose parameters are determined by the initial conditions. The appropriate average cycle duration is shown not to be the arithmetic or geometric mean, but rather the solution to a more complex equation. Age distributions are calculated and compared with those found in the literature. The results of the model calculations are compared with computer simulations and with observed data on populations of the ciliate Tetrahymena geleii. |
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