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Cancer in light of experimental evolution.
Current biology : CB - 11 Sept 2012
Sprouffske Kathleen, Merlo Lauren M F, Gerrish Philip J, Maley Carlo C, Sniegowski Paul D
Abstract excerpt
Cancer initiation, progression, and the emergence of therapeutic resistance are evolutionary phenomena of clonal somatic cell populations. Studies in microbial experimental evolution and the theoretical work inspired by such studies are yielding deep insights into the evolutionary dynamics of clonal populations, yet there has been little explicit consideration of the relevance of this rapidly growing field to...
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