From: Cancer proliferation and therapy: the Warburg effect and quantum metabolism
Resource Constraints | Selective Outcome |
---|---|
(I) Limited resources | Ox Phos [(almost always) = (a.s.)] |
Constant distribution | |
(II) Abundant resources | |
Variable Distribution | Glycolysis (a.s.) |
(III) Limited Resources | |
Variable distribution: | |
Large population size | Ox Phos (a.s.) |
Small population size | Ox Phos (with probability that increases with population size) |
(IV) Abundant resources | |
Constant distribution | |
Large population size | Glycolysis (a.s.) |
Small population size | Glycolysis (with probability that increases with population size) |