A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem

The spread of a particular trait in a cell population often is modelled by an appropriate system of ordinary differential equations describing how the sizes of subpopulations of the cells with the same genome change in time. On the other hand, it is recognized that cells have their own vital dynamic...

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Main Authors: Jacek Banasiak, Aleksandra Falkiewicz
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Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2017002
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description The spread of a particular trait in a cell population often is modelled by an appropriate system of ordinary differential equations describing how the sizes of subpopulations of the cells with the same genome change in time. On the other hand, it is recognized that cells have their own vital dynamics and mutations, leading to changes in their genome, mostly occurring during the cell division at the end of its life cycle. In this context, the process is described by a system of McKendrick type equations which resembles a network transport problem. In this paper we show that, under an appropriate scaling of the latter, these two descriptions are asymptotically equivalent.
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spelling doaj-art-047fd8e1f524412faaab5f92c979a2d62025-01-24T02:39:31ZengAIMS PressMathematical Biosciences and Engineering1551-00182017-01-01141173010.3934/mbe.2017002A singular limit for an age structured mutation problemJacek Banasiak0Aleksandra Falkiewicz1Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaInstitute of Mathematics, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, PolandThe spread of a particular trait in a cell population often is modelled by an appropriate system of ordinary differential equations describing how the sizes of subpopulations of the cells with the same genome change in time. On the other hand, it is recognized that cells have their own vital dynamics and mutations, leading to changes in their genome, mostly occurring during the cell division at the end of its life cycle. In this context, the process is described by a system of McKendrick type equations which resembles a network transport problem. In this paper we show that, under an appropriate scaling of the latter, these two descriptions are asymptotically equivalent.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2017002mutation modelage structurelebowitz-rotenberg modelpopulation dynamicssingularly perturbed dynamical systemsasymptotic state lumping
spellingShingle Jacek Banasiak
Aleksandra Falkiewicz
A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
mutation model
age structure
lebowitz-rotenberg model
population dynamics
singularly perturbed dynamical systems
asymptotic state lumping
title A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
title_full A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
title_fullStr A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
title_full_unstemmed A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
title_short A singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
title_sort singular limit for an age structured mutation problem
topic mutation model
age structure
lebowitz-rotenberg model
population dynamics
singularly perturbed dynamical systems
asymptotic state lumping
url https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2017002
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