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Cell Competition During Growth and Regeneration.
Annual review of genetics - 1 Jan 2015
Gogna Rajan, Shee Kevin, Moreno Eduardo
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Tissue growth and regeneration are autonomous, stem-cell-mediated processes in which stem cells within the organ self-renew and differentiate to create new cells, leading to new tissue. The processes of growth and regeneration require communication and interplay between neighboring cells. In particular, cell competition, which is a process in which viable cells are actively eliminated by more competitive cells,...
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