Population Doubling

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PD
Pronunciation
/ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈdəbəlɪŋ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Experts say all the surviving animals and their descendants are now wild, and to avoid the population doubling every year the animals are subject to a carefully managed cull.
  2. Population doubling time t were 18,17 and 267 days respectively.
  3. The biological analysis results showed : Population Doubling(PD) Time ( PDT ) of cells was approximately 24h;
  4. Compared with NPC, proliferation capability of INPC was stronger, its proliferation index and proliferation rate were increased, population doubling time was shortened.
  5. Otherwise, a Beijing yellow chicken embryo fibroblast cell line was successfully established using the primary explant technique and population doubling time of the cells was 39.7h.

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