title: Cellular differentiation: a theory based on simulation with computer graphics.
abstract: Rules are outlined in order to construct graphically a computer model that deals with cell growth, multiplication and differentiation. The process starts with a multicoloured stem cell and the end product will be differentiated cells represented by different colours. Various biological processes and neoplastic transformation can also be simulated. Based on the idea that the model corresponds to real events, predictions are made about the possible results of future experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pellettieri
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Carlsson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grusell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D004247:DNA