Karyotype heterogeneity and unclassified chromosomal abnormalities

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 144-157

  Heng, H H Q ^a,b,d   Liu, G ^a   Stevens, J B ^a   Abdallah, B Y ^a   Horne, S D ^a   Ye, K J ^e   Bremer, S W ^a   Chowdhury, S K ^c   Ye, C J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SeeDNA Biotech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Chromosomal instability; Chromosome fragmentation; Defective mitotic figures; Genome chaos; Genome Theory; Karyotype heterogeneity; Non clonal chromosome aberration

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLONAL EVOLUTION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; METAPHASE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; KARYOTYPING;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84871688584     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348682     Document Type: Review

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