Simulation of stem cell survival in small crypts

2005/03/11 by Dietrich Stauffer, Stauffer, Dietrich, Eytan Domany +1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #q-bio.CB

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.q-bio/0503016

7 pages including 4 figures

arxiv created 2005/03/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Monte Carlo simulations of the number of stem cells in human colon crypts allow for fluctuations which kill the population after sufficiently long times.

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