Spontaneous Cell Fusions as a Mechanism of Parasexual Recombination in Tumor Cell Populations
D. Miroshnychenko, E. Baratchart, M. Ferrall-Fairbanks, R. Vander Velde, M. A. Laurie, M. Bui, A. C. Tan, P. M. Altrock, D. Basanta, A. Marusyk
This study investigates spontaneous cell fusions in tumor cell populations as a mechanism of parasexual recombination, finding evidence of low-frequency fusions and their role in increasing clonal heterogeneity.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2020Cancer Biology