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Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

30 Aug 2016

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Although cancer rarely acts as an infectious disease, a recently emerged transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) is virtually 100% fatal. Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) has swept across nearly the entire species' range, resulting in localized declines exceeding 90% and an overall species decline of more than 80% in less than 20 years. Despite epidemiological models that predict...

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PMID: 27575253
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12684

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