Neutral evolution of rare cancer mutations in the computer and the clinic.

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A distinct model of neutral evolution of rare cancer mutations is described and contrasted with models relying on the infinite sites approximation (that a specific mutation arises in only one cell at any instant). An explosion of genetic diversity is predicted at clinical cell numbers and may explain the progressive refractoriness of cancers during a clinical course. The widely used infinite sites assumption may...

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