Revisiting bacterial division control with likelihood inference: limited identifiability of simple models
Ron Teichner, Ron Meir, Naama Brenner
Likelihood comparison on six E. coli mother-machine datasets finds sizer, adder, and log-foldchange division rules only weakly separable, while a neural conditional cycle-duration model fits best.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology✦ In-depth digest