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The origin of novel traits in cancer.
Trends in cancer - 1 Oct 2024
Frank Steven A, Yanai Itai
Abstract excerpt
The traditional view of cancer emphasizes a genes-first process. Novel cancer traits arise by genetic mutations that spread to drive phenotypic change. However, recent data support a phenotypes-first process in which nonheritable cellular variability creates novel traits that later become heritably stabilized by genetic and epigenetic changes. Single-cell measurements reinforce the idea that phenotypes lead...
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