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. 2019 Jan 17;15(1):e1006709. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006709

Table 4. Epigenetic parameters: Names, meanings and numerical values.

Parameters describing the epigenetic factors included in the model. The values represent the mean of a normal distribution of standard deviation equal to mean/10, see Fig. D of S1 Text.

Name Meaning Mean value
C H N
h1 Effect on Fer1 bound to Ebox, when neither Acj6 nor Pdm3 is bound to the entire cluster 1 0.9 0.8
h2 Effect on Fer1 bound to Ebox, when neither Acj6 nor Pdm3 is bound to the Pou domain, but at least one of them is bound to its Homeobox domain 0.00007 0.00008 0.0001
h3 Extra competition between Fer1 bound to Ebox and Acj6 or Pdm3 bound to the Pou domain 0.0002 0.00035 0.0005
hA Altered effect of the cooperativity coefficient wA1A2 on Fer1 binding to Ebox 30 100 150
hB Altered effect of the cooperativity coefficient wB1B2 on Fer1 binding to Ebox 5 0.1 0.05