cellular
• MEFs show an increase in the percentage of cells with detached centrosomes compared with wild-type MEFs
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• MEFs show an increase in pericentriolar material fragmentation compared with wild-type MEFs
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aneuploidy
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J:299895
)
• 70-80% of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) are aneuploid
• -the percentage of MEFs with numerical aberrations is almost 3x higher than that of wild-type MEFs
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• MEFs show elevated rates of lagging chromosomes in anaphase indicating increased chromosomal instability
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neoplasm