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Figure 1: Box plot showing the DNA copy number ratio between ESR1 and ASXL2 as measured by qPCR in ten cases of FISH amplified and FISH normal breast cancers.

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Holst, F., Stahl, P., Hellwinkel, O. et al. Reply to “ESR1 gene amplification in breast cancer: a common phenomenon?”. Nat Genet 40, 810–812 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0708-810

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