The “virgin birth”, polyploidy, and the origin of cancer
Recently, it has become clear that the complexity of cancer biology cannot fully be explained by somatic mutation and clonal selection. Meanwhile, data have accumulated on how cancer stem cells or stemloids bestow immortality on tumour cells and how reversible polyploidy is involved. Most recently,...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341460/ |