Early mutation bursts in colorectal tumors.

Tumor growth is an evolutionary process involving accumulation of mutations, copy number alterations, and cancer stem cell (CSC) division and differentiation. As direct observation of this process is impossible, inference regarding when mutations occur and how stem cells divide is difficult. However...

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Main Authors: Junsong Zhao, Matthew P Salomon, Darryl Shibata, Christina Curtis, Kimberly Siegmund, Paul Marjoram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5336211?pdf=render