title: Effects of asymmetric division on a stochastic model of the cell division cycle.
abstract: The stochastic model of cell division formulated by Alt and Tyson is generalized to the case of imprecise binary fission. Closed-form expressions are derived for the generation-time distribution, the birth-size and division-size distributions, the beta curve, and the correlation coefficient of generation times of sister cells. The theoretical results are compared to observations of cell division statistics in a culture of fission yeast.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tyson
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D008954:Models, Biological; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology; D013269:Stochastic Processes