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Marker chromosomes are important since diploid cells with morphologically altered chromosomes can indicate the malignant nature of the cells, and the presence of similar marker chromosomes in different tumours may be used as one of the criteria by which particular groups of malignancies can be characterized.
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Koller, P.C. (1972). Marker Chromosomes and the Clonal Evolution of Chromosome Aberrations. In: The Role of Chromosomes in Cancer Biology. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80680-3_9
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