A Gene Gravity Model for the Evolution of Cancer Genomes: A Study of 3,000 Cancer Genomes across 9 Cancer Types.

Cancer development and progression result from somatic evolution by an accumulation of genomic alterations. The effects of those alterations on the fitness of somatic cells lead to evolutionary adaptations such as increased cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and altered anticancer drug responses. How...

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Main Authors: Feixiong Cheng, Chuang Liu, Chen-Ching Lin, Junfei Zhao, Peilin Jia, Wen-Hsiung Li, Zhongming Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004497