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(a) Random segregation of ecDNA molecules during cell division allows multiple possible outcomes in the number of gene copies inherited. (b) Cancer cells containing ecDNAs, after undergoing multiple cell divisions with random ecDNA segregation, can have a wide range of copy numbers. ecDNAs that provide a fitness advantage to cancer cells can be selected. (c) ecDNAs have lower chromatin compaction and increased transcription.
