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A mathematical theory of protoplasmic protrusions. I

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The theory of cellular elongations is applied to a particular case of a spherical cell with a cylindrical protrusion under the conditions of equilibrium, and conditions for continued and arrested growth are examined.

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    Henry E. Stanton

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Stanton, H.E. A mathematical theory of protoplasmic protrusions. I. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 4, 93–100 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477938

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