Table 2.

Diagnostic characters identified in the main nodes of the MCF-7 phylogenetic tree. Characters specific of each node (whose occurrence has been associated with the emergence of the corresponding branch) are presented in bold type sets. Events in italics correspond to characters passed on from ancestors.

MCF-7-ATCC	MCF-7-R	MCF-7-MG	MCF-7-MVLN
Loss 1p32-p36	Loss 1p31-p36	Loss 1p31-p36	Loss 1p31-p36
	Gain 1p13	Gain 1p13	Gain 1p13
	Gain 1q31	Gain 1q31	Gain 1q31
	Loss 11q42-q44	Loss 11q42-q44	Loss 11q42-q44
Loss 2q36-q37	Loss 2q36-q37	Loss 2q36-q37	Loss 2q36-q37
	Gain 3q26	Gain 3q26	Gain 3q26
			Loss 5q33
		Loss 6q25-q27	Loss 6q25-q27
	Gain 7q22	Gain 7q22	Gain 7q22
Loss 8p11-p23	Loss 8p11-p23	Loss 8p11-p23	Loss 8p11-p23
Gain 8q22-q23	Gain 8q22-q23	Gain 8q22-q23	Gain 8q22-q23
	Loss 11q23-q25	Loss 11q23-q25	Loss 11q23-q25
	Loss 12p13	Loss 12p13	Loss 12p13
	Gain 12q15-q21	Gain 12q15-q21	Gain 12q15-q21
	Loss 13q31-q34	Loss 13q31-q34	Loss 13q31-q34
Gain 14q21-q23	Gain 14q21-q24	Gain 14q21-q24	Gain 14q21-q24
			Gain 15q26
			Gain 16p11
	Loss 17p11-p13	Loss 17p11-p13	Loss 17p11-p13
Gain 17q22-q24	Gain 17q22-q24	Gain 17q22-q24	Gain 17q22-q24
Loss 18q12-q23	Loss 18q12-q23	Loss 18q12-q23	Loss 18q12-q23
Loss 19p13-q13	Loss 19p13-q13	Loss 19p13-q13	Loss 19p13-q13
		Loss 20p11-p13	Loss 20p11-p13
	Gain 20q12-q13	Gain 20q12-q13	Gain 20q12-q13
	Loss 21p13-q22	Loss 21p13-q22	Loss 21p13-q22