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Contributions to the mathematical theory of organic form. II Asymmetric metabolism of cellular aggregates

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The case is studied of a cellular aggregate forming a hollow spherical shell, the physical constants and the metabolic rate being non-uniform throughout the shell. This leads to asymmetries of concentration distributions, which are calculated here for some simple cases.

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Rashevsky, N. Contributions to the mathematical theory of organic form. II Asymmetric metabolism of cellular aggregates. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 2, 69–72 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478171

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