It is unclear why certain tissues are more susceptible to the consequences of aneuploidy. Here, in Drosophila, Gogendeau et al.identify aneuploidy as the cause of lengthened G1 and premature differentiation in both neural and adult intestinal stem cells, which prevents cells with abnormal genomes from cycling.
- Delphine Gogendeau
- Katarzyna Siudeja
- Renata Basto