Sentences with phrase «estimate cell size»

This approach has been used to estimate cell size in other insects, particularly Drosophila [19].

Not exact matches

«Depending on the size of the cell, we estimate that between 13 percent and 40 percent of brain cells will be hit once by cosmic rays,» Vazquez explains.

Using a novel method — design - based stereology — which enabled researchers to estimate the volume of the liver and the total numbers and sizes of its cells in 3D, it was found that the liver of mice on a low protein diet had decreased by 65 %.

(Humans have an estimated 100 trillion or 1014 cells; a typical cell size is 10 µm; a typical cell mass is 1 nanogram.)

These parasites are so small they are estimated to be one - hundredth the size of the average bacterium and can multiply only inside the living cells of other organisms.