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Mitotic Autoregulation of Populations of Normal and Malignant Cells

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RILEY'S model1 of cell population size controlled by tissue specific mitotic inhibitors is interesting, but there are some errors in his mathematical treatment and some of his inferences are misleading.

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  1. Regional Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-engineering, Western Regional Hospital Board, 11 West Graham Street, Glasgow, C4

    T. E. WHELDON, W. M. GRAY, J. KIRK & J. S. ORR

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WHELDON, T., GRAY, W., KIRK, J. et al. Mitotic Autoregulation of Populations of Normal and Malignant Cells. Nature 226, 547 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226547a0

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