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Evolution, Intra-Clonal Heterogeneity, And Multiple Myeloma

An important new concept in our understanding of multiple myeloma traces its origins back to the great nineteenth century scientist, Charles Darwin.

In his writings, Darwin described how char­acter­is­tics of animal and plant species can change over time. Slight differences in inherited char­acter­is­tics within a species, combined with variations in the en­viron­ment, can lead to certain char­acter­is­tics becoming more common in en­viron­ments favorable to those char­acter­is­tics.

A good example of what Darwin described is the range of size and shapes of beaks seen on Galápagos finches. The different beaks allow the birds …

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