 RNA half-life (source code)

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= RNA half-life
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The time for half of an <RNA> population to disappear under specified conditions. For a homogeneous first-order decay process it equals $\ln 2/k_{\mathrm d}$; ongoing synthesis and changing <biological cell> states complicate abundance measurements.

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