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. 2013 Mar 29;8(3):e59671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059671

Table 4. Rules.

Behavior Rule
Proliferation Cell proliferation occurs until confluence as per assigned probabilities (Table 2)
Migration Migration occurs either via persistent random walk (under normoxic conditions) or chemotaxis (under hypoxic conditions)
If local oxygen concentration >0.0672 mol/m3, cells display persistent random walk
Cell speed during persistent random walk = 10 µm/hr
If local oxygen concentration <0.0672 mol/m3, chemotaxis begins
Chemotaxis speed = 20 µm/hr
Apoptosis If a cell experiences hypoxia for more than 15 hours, it dies of hypoxia-induced apoptosis
If, while performing chemotaxis, a cell ends up in a region rich in oxygen, it goes back to display persistent random walk

The table summarizes the rules used to simulate cellular dynamics.