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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Jan 2016
Pye Ruth J, Pemberton David, Tovar Cesar, Tubio Jose M C, Dun Karen A, Fox Samantha, Darby Jocelyn, Hayes Dane, Knowles Graeme W, Kreiss Alexandre, Siddle Hannah V T, Swift Kate, Lyons A Bruce, Murchison Elizabeth P, Woods Gregory M
Abstract excerpt
Clonally transmissible cancers are somatic cell lineages that are spread between individuals via the transfer of living cancer cells. There are only three known naturally occurring transmissible cancers, and these affect dogs, soft-shell clams, and Tasmanian devils, respectively. The Tasmanian devil transmissible facial cancer was first observed in 1996, and is threatening its host species with extinction. Until...
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