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Evolutionary rescue by aneuploidy in tumors exposed to anticancer drugs.
Genetics - 9 Jul 2025
Stana Remus, Ben-David Uri, Weissman Daniel B, Ram Yoav
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Evolutionary rescue occurs when a population, facing a sudden environmental change that would otherwise lead to extinction, adapts through beneficial mutations, allowing it to recover and persist. A prime example of evolutionary rescue is the ability of cancer to survive exposure to treatment. One evolutionary mechanism by which a population of cancer cells can adapt to chemotherapy is aneuploidy. Aneuploid...
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