Whole-Genome Doubling as a source of cancer: how, when, where, and why?

Chromosome instability is a well-known hallmark of cancer, leading to increased genetic plasticity of tumoral cells, which favors cancer aggressiveness, and poor prognosis. One of the main sources of chromosomal instability are events that lead to a Whole-Genome Duplication (WGD) and the subsequentl...

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Main Authors: Natalia Sanz-Gómez, María González-Álvarez, Javier De Las Rivas, Guillermo de Cárcer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1209136/full