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SUBMITTER: Sikic H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4461006 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Šikić Hrvoje H Shi Yanrong Y Lubura Snježana S Bassnett Steven S
Journal of theoretical biology 20150327
The size and shape of the ocular lens must be controlled with precision if light is to be focused sharply on the retina. The lifelong growth of the lens depends on the production of cells in the anterior epithelium. At the lens equator, epithelial cells differentiate into fiber cells, which are added to the surface of the existing fiber cell mass, increasing its volume and area. We developed a stochastic model relating the rates of cell proliferation and death in various regions of the lens epit ...[more]