近期,来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校Trey Ideker和荷兰癌症研究所的Lodewyk F.A. Wessels在Cell上发表了观点文章Identifying Epistasis in Cancer Genomes: A Delicate Affair,系统分析和阐述了癌症基因突变上位效应研究中被忽视的干扰因素。
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