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Functional versus non-functional intratumor heterogeneity in cancer.
(2016-07)
Next-generation sequencing data from human cancers are often difficult to interpret within the context of tumor evolution. We developed a mathematical model describing the accumulation of mutations under neutral evolutionary ...
Reply: Is the evolution of tumors Darwinian or non-Darwinian?
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2018-01-01)
Modeling evolutionary dynamics of epigenetic mutations in hierarchically organized tumors.
(PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2011-05-05)
The cancer stem cell (CSC) concept is a highly debated topic in cancer research. While experimental evidence in favor of the cancer stem cell theory is apparently abundant, the results are often criticized as being difficult ...
Reconstructing single-cell karyotype alterations in colorectal cancer identifies punctuated and gradual diversification patterns.
(NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2021-08-01)
Central to tumor evolution is the generation of genetic diversity. However, the extent and patterns by which de novo karyotype alterations emerge and propagate within human tumors are not well understood, especially at ...
A Big Bang model of human colorectal tumor growth.
(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2015-03-01)
What happens in early, still undetectable human malignancies is unknown because direct observations are impractical. Here we present and validate a 'Big Bang' model, whereby tumors grow predominantly as a single expansion ...
Resolving genetic heterogeneity in cancer.
(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2019-07-01)
To a large extent, cancer conforms to evolutionary rules defined by the rates at which clones mutate, adapt and grow. Next-generation sequencing has provided a snapshot of the genetic landscape of most cancer types, and ...
The MOBSTER R package for tumour subclonal deconvolution from bulk DNA whole-genome sequencing data.
(BMC, 2020-11-17)
BACKGROUND: The large-scale availability of whole-genome sequencing profiles from bulk DNA sequencing of cancer tissues is fueling the application of evolutionary theory to cancer. From a bulk biopsy, subclonal deconvolution ...
Measuring Clonal Evolution in Cancer with Genomics.
(ANNUAL REVIEWS, 2019-08-31)
Cancers originate from somatic cells in the human body that have accumulated genetic alterations. These mutations modify the phenotype of the cells, allowing them to escape the homeostatic regulation that maintains normal ...
Measuring the distribution of fitness effects in somatic evolution by combining clonal dynamics with dN/dS ratios.
(ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2020-03-30)
The distribution of fitness effects (DFE) defines how new mutations spread through an evolving population. The ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous mutations (dN/dS) has become a popular method to detect selection in ...