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Maikel Castellano-Pozo1,2, Valentine Comaills3

  • 1Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, University of Pablo de Olavide-University of Seville-CSIC, Junta de Andalucía, Seville, Spain. mcastellano2@us.es.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
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PubMed

Keywords:
CancerChromoanagenesisChromosomal instabilityChromothripsisEmbryogenesisGametogenesisGenome evolutionMacroevolutionMicronucleusSpeciation

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