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Mitotic Checkpoint, Aneuploidy and Cancer

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Genome Instability in Cancer Development

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Yen, T.J., Kao, G.D. (2005). Mitotic Checkpoint, Aneuploidy and Cancer. In: Back, N., Cohen, I.R., Kritchevsky, D., Lajtha, A., Paoletti, R., Nigg, E.A. (eds) Genome Instability in Cancer Development. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 570. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3764-3_17

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