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Significance of Mitotic Duration in evaluating Kinetics of Cellular Proliferation

Nature volume 195, pages 718–719 (1962)Cite this article

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MITOTIC rate or ‘rate of cell renewal’ can be defined as the number of cells which complete their mitosis per unit time.

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EVENSEN, A. Significance of Mitotic Duration in evaluating Kinetics of Cellular Proliferation. Nature 195, 718–719 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195718b0

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