An Improved Model of Nonuniform Coleochaete Cell Division

J Comput Biol. 2016 Aug;23(8):693-709. doi: 10.1089/cmb.2016.0021. Epub 2016 Jun 27.

Abstract

Cell division is a key biological process in which cells divide forming new daughter cells. In the present study, we investigate continuously how a Coleochaete cell divides by introducing a modified differential equation model in parametric equation form. We discuss both the influence of "dead" cells and the effects of various end-points on the formation of the new cells' boundaries. We find that the boundary condition on the free end-point is different from that on the fixed end-point; the former has a direction perpendicular to the surface. It is also shown that the outer boundaries of new cells are arc-shaped. The numerical experiments and theoretical analyses for this model to construct the outer boundary are given.

Keywords: cell division; differential equation; mathematical model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Division
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Models, Biological
  • Streptophyta / cytology*