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  • n  an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
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  • Study offers new theory of cancer development
    Researchers have devised a way to understand patterns of aneuploidy -- an abnormal number of chromosomes -- in tumors and predict which genes in the affected chromosomes are likely to be cancer suppressors or promoters. They propose that aneuploidy is a driver of cancer rather than a result of it.
    Nov. 1, 2013 - Science Daily
  • A Constellation in the Chaos of Cancer Chromosomes
    New evidence suggests that aneuploidy patterns of chromosome deletion or amplification that are recurrent among tumors actually represent a driving force during tumor evolution and are very frequent in cancer.
    Nov. 1, 2013 - Newswise
  • HHMI News
    New evidence suggests that aneuploidy patterns of chromosome deletion or amplification that are recurrent among tumors actually represent a driving force during tumor evolution and are very frequent in cancer.
    Oct. 31, 2013 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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