Population genetics of tumours.
The available evidence suggests that cancer is essentially a somatic evolutionary process involving a series of mutations. Each mutation gives some advantage to a selected clone, and expansion then occurs within that selected clone. The advantages are associated with both growth rate and factors lea...
Main Authors: | Bodmer, W, Tomlinson, I |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1996
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