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Age dependent stochastic models for phage reproduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

S. K. Srinivasan  and
A. Rangan
S. K. Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
A. Rangan
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Summary

The problem of age specific bacteriophage growth is dealt with, using the product density approach. Expressions for the product densities, taking into account the intermediate stages of transformations from the vegetative phage to mature phage, are also given.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , August 1970 , pp. 251 - 261
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1970 

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