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Clones of cytogenetically abnormal cells have been recognized in fibroblasts cultured from normal human adult skin. No such clones have been observed in human embryo skin fibroblasts cultured in the same way. Although the culture conditions may have played some part in the emergence of these clones, it is possible that the abnormal cells from which the clones were derived were present in vivo.
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Harnden, D.G., Benn, P.A., Oxford, J.M. et al. Cytogenetically marked clones in human fibroblasts cultured from normal subjects. Somat Cell Mol Genet 2, 55–62 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01539242
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