Evolving copy number gains promote tumor expansion and bolster mutational diversification
Wang Z, Xia Y, Mills L, Nikolakopoulos A, Maeser N, Dehm S, Sheltzer J, Sun R. Evolving copy number gains promote tumor expansion and bolster mutational diversification. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 2025. PMID: 38448455, PMCID: PMC10918155, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46414-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic copy number alterationsMutational diversificationCopy numberGenome sequenced samplesCopy number alterationsCopy number gainGenome segmentsPromote tumor expansionGenome doublingPopulation expansionSequenced samplesFitness effectsTumor typesCancer evolutionTumor expansionClonal expansionGenomeDiversification