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ReviewBiology2023

Chromosomal Instability in Genome Evolution: From Cancer to Macroevolution.

Valentine Comaills, Maikel Castellano-Pozo

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Review in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evolutionary study of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in breast carcinoma.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2026
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  3. Microarrays and the Dawn of Omics Data Analysis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  5. Harnessing coumarin-thio(seleno)cyanate conjugates: potentJournal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2025
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  13. Chromothripsis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  14. Chromosomal Instability and Chromoanagenesis as Forces for Genomic Evolution.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  15. The Evolutionary Potential of Chromoanagenesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  18. Extrachromosomal DNA in cancer.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2024
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  20. Unveiling the mechanisms and challenges of cancer drug resistance.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valentine ComaillsAndalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, University of Pablo de Olavide-University of Seville-CSIC, Junta de Andalucía, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8857-6976
Maikel Castellano-PozoAndalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, University of Pablo de Olavide-University of Seville-CSIC, Junta de Andalucía, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4134-9025
Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integrity of the genome is crucial for the survival of all living organisms. However, genomes need to adapt to survive certain pressures, and for this purpose use several mechanisms to diversify. Chromosomal instability (CIN) is one of the main mechanisms leading to the creation of genomic heterogeneity by altering the number of chromosomes and changing their structures. In this review, we will discuss the different chromosomal patterns and changes observed in speciation, in evolutional biology as well as during tumor progression. By nature, the human genome shows an induction of diversity during gametogenesis but as well during tumorigenesis that can conclude in drastic changes such as the whole genome doubling to more discrete changes as the complex chromosomal rearrangement chromothripsis. More importantly, changes observed during speciation are strikingly similar to the genomic evolution observed during tumor progression and resistance to therapy. The different origins of CIN will be treated as the importance of double-strand breaks (DSBs) or the consequences of micronuclei. We will also explain the mechanisms behind the controlled DSBs, and recombination of homologous chromosomes observed during meiosis, to explain how errors lead to similar patterns observed during tumorigenesis. Then, we will also list several diseases associated with CIN, resulting in fertility issues, miscarriage, rare genetic diseases, and cancer. Understanding better chromosomal instability as a whole is primordial for the understanding of mechanisms leading to tumor progression.

Indexed as

cancerchromosomal instabilitygenome evolutionmeiosismicronucleispeciationstructural variant

Identifiers

PMID37237485
PMCPMC10215859
OpenAlexW4367596576

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