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EXPANDS: expanding ploidy and allele frequency on nested subpopulations.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 1 Jan 2014
Andor Noemi, Harness Julie V, Müller Sabine, Mewes Hans W, Petritsch Claudia
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MOTIVATION: Several cancer types consist of multiple genetically and phenotypically distinct subpopulations. The underlying mechanism for this intra-tumoral heterogeneity can be explained by the clonal evolution model, whereby growth advantageous mutations cause the expansion of cancer cell subclones. The recurrent phenotype of many cancers may be a consequence of these coexisting subpopulations responding...
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