Fig. 1.
A two compartment model of hematopoiesis. Hematopoietic stem cells have three possible fates: replication (self-renewal), which occurs with intensity λR ; the initiation of a differentiation/maturation program, which occurs with intensity μR ; and apoptosis, which occurs with intensity αR . Hematopoiesis was simulated assuming all determinations were determined by chance. Progenitor cells (BFU-E and CFU-GM) are sampled from the contributing clone compartment each 4 weeks for 6 years to mimic feline studies.