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. 2020 Aug 3;3:421. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01119-5

Fig. 5. Schematic representation showing emerging characteristics of SBS8 mutational signature.

Fig. 5

a SBS8 is suspected to arise due to replication errors, and has higher burden in context of late and fast DNA replication. b SBS8 is relatively uncommon in de novo germ line mutations and somatic mutations in nonmalignant tissues, but has progressively increased burden in advanced tumors, which have sustained growth signal, impaired genome maintenance, and/or checkpoint defects.