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Mutation-selection balance and compensatory mechanisms in tumour evolution.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Apr 2021
Persi Erez, Wolf Yuri I, Horn David, Ruppin Eytan, Demichelis Francesca, Gatenby Robert A, Gillies Robert J, Koonin Eugene V
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Intratumour heterogeneity and phenotypic plasticity, sustained by a range of somatic aberrations, as well as epigenetic and metabolic adaptations, are the principal mechanisms that enable cancers to resist treatment and survive under environmental stress. A comprehensive picture of the interplay between different somatic aberrations, from point mutations to whole-genome duplications, in tumour initiation and...
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