Aneuploidy -- Causes and Consequences (7 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Aneuploidy -- Causes and Consequences (7 of 9)

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A mitotic chromosome spread from a dividing human cancer cell with appropriate sister chromatid cohesion. For more information, please see Figure 3 in the manuscript. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 19, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. D.A. Solomon of the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and colleagues was titled, "Mutational Inactivation of STAG2 Causes Aneuploidy in Human Cancer."

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