Evidence of horizontal transmission of the cancer-associated Steamer retrotransposon among ecological cohort bivalve species.

doi:10.3354/dao03113

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Evidence of horizontal transmission of the cancer-associated Steamer retrotransposon among ecological cohort bivalve species.

Diseases of aquatic organisms - 20 Apr 2017

Paynter Ashley N, Metzger Michael J, Sessa Jocelyn A, Siddall Mark E

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Bivalve specimens from legacy frozen tissue collections, and others freshly obtained, were surveyed for the presence of the Steamer long terminal repeat (LTR)-retrotransposon associated with disseminated hemic neoplasia of the soft-shelled clam Mya areneria. Of 22 species investigated using primers for the pol region, only Atlantic M. arenaria, Atlantic and North Sea razor clams Ensis directus, and Baltic clams...

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PMID: 28425429
DOI: 10.3354/dao03113

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