The (not so) immortal strand hypothesis
Background: Non-random segregation of DNA strands during stem cell replication has been proposed as a mechanism to minimize accumulated genetic errors in stem cells of rapidly dividing tissues. According to this hypothesis, an “immortal” DNA strand is passed to the stem cell daughter and not the mor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Stem Cell Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506115000148 |