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Editorial
. 2022 Jun 6:12:906068.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.906068. eCollection 2022.

Editorial: The Molecular Basis of Somatic Evolution

Qiyuan Li  1   2   3 , Bing Xu  1   4 , Zhanlong Shen  5   6
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Editorial: The Molecular Basis of Somatic Evolution

Qiyuan Li et al. Front Oncol. .
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Keywords: cancer; driver gene; intratumor heterogeneity (ITH); mutational signature; somatic evolution.

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