Understanding the melanocyte distribution in human epidermis: an agent-based computational model approach.

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Published in PLoS One on July 09, 2012

Authors

Josef Thingnes1, Timothy J Lavelle, Eivind Hovig, Stig W Omholt

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. joseft@ifi.uio.no

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