owmeta.cell module¶
- class owmeta.cell.Cell(*args, no_type_decl=False, **kwargs)[source]¶
Bases:
BiologyType
A biological cell.
All cells with the same
name
are considered to be the same object.Examples
>>> from owmeta_core.quantity import Quantity >>> c = Cell(lineageName="AB plapaaaap", ... divisionVolume=Quantity("600","(um)^3"))
- blast()[source]¶
Return the blast name.
Example:
>>> c = Cell(name="ADAL", lineageName='AB ') >>> c.blast() 'AB'
Note that this isn’t a
Property
. It returns the blast cell part of alineageName
value.
- property description¶
A description of the cell
- property divisionVolume¶
The volume of the cell at division
- property lineageName¶
The lineageName of the cell
- property name¶
The ‘adult’ name of the cell typically used by biologists when discussing C. elegans