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An elementary semistochastic model for cell cycle analysis is presented. Various independently generated experimental data sets are compared with the theory in which for the first time, a consistent consideration of non-proliferating cells has also been taken into account.
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Wiedemann, C., Moser, H.A. An elementary approach to cell cycle analysis. Acta Biotheor 37, 205–236 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154135
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