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RILEY'S model1 of cell population size controlled by tissue specific mitotic inhibitors is interesting, but there are some errors in his mathematical treatment and some of his inferences are misleading.
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WHELDON, T., GRAY, W., KIRK, J. et al. Mitotic Autoregulation of Populations of Normal and Malignant Cells. Nature 226, 547 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226547a0
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