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Quantification of tumour evolution and heterogeneity via Bayesian epiallele detection.
BMC bioinformatics - 25 Jul 2017
Barrett James E, Feber Andrew, Herrero Javier, Tanic Miljana, Wilson Gareth A, Swanton Charles, Beck Stephan
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BACKGROUND: Epigenetic heterogeneity within a tumour can play an important role in tumour evolution and the emergence of resistance to treatment. It is increasingly recognised that the study of DNA methylation (DNAm) patterns along the genome - so-called 'epialleles' - offers greater insight into epigenetic dynamics than conventional analyses which examine DNAm marks individually. RESULTS: We have developed a...
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