Escape from replicative crisis and immortalization precedes complex genome evolution
Tobias T. Schmidt, Marco Raffaele Cosenza, Tessa M. Popay, Sara Przetocka, Candy Haggblom, Nicholas Allsing, Kathryn Lande, Julia W. Grimstead, April E. Williams, Duncan A Baird, Jesse R. Dixon, Jan O. Korbel, Jan Karlseder
The paper shows that escaping replicative crisis and achieving immortality precedes complex genome evolution in cancer cells.
bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology