Heritable tumor cell division rate heterogeneity induces clonal dominance.

Tumors consist of a hierarchical population of cells that differ in their phenotype and genotype. This hierarchical organization of cells means that a few clones (i.e., cells and several generations of offspring) are abundant while most are rare, which is called clonal dominance. Such dominance also...

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Main Authors: Margriet M Palm, Marjet Elemans, Joost B Beltman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5825147?pdf=render