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Experimental evolution of cancer chromosomal changes

Experimental genome evolution of normal human cells reveals an intrinsic propensity to develop cancer-associated chromosomal alterations.

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Fig. 1: Overview of experimental outline and correlations between first-round-evolved populations and cancer aneuploidies.

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Guscott, M.A., McClelland, S.E. Experimental evolution of cancer chromosomal changes. Nat Genet (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01742-6

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