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Science 2 March 1962:
Vol. 135. no. 3505, p. 724
DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3505.724
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Index for Measurement of Synchronization of Cell Populations

Linda K. Blumenthal 1 and Stanley A. Zahler 1

1 Division of Bacteriology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

An index for the estimation of synchronization in a microbial population is proposed and discussed. The index is equal to the fraction of cells that divide during a measured interval in excess of the fraction that would divide during random growth in the same interval.


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