Effects of parameter values on outcome of model.

Definitions of model variables and parameters: DT (doubling time); Π (shortest doubling time achieved by a bacterium free of damage); λ (damage rate); Πλ (multiplication product of the two parameters and the life time damage experienced by a damage-free bacterium); a (asymmetry coefficient); T0, T1, and T2 (doubling times of mother, daughter 1 and daughter 2 bacterium; ∧ (notation for equilibrium); (equilibrium mean fitness of bacterial population experiencing damage). Results based on Equation 11 for a = 0.5 and Equations 9a and 9b for 0≤a