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. 2014 Nov;6(11):a015842. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a015842

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Effects of aneuploidy on tumorigenesis. Aneuploidy impairs cellular fitness, potentially preventing tumorigenesis in the absence of tolerating mutations. At the same time, aneuploidy also leads to genomic instability and genetic heterogeneity, which could provide a growth or survival advantage in a specific microenvironment.