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Cancer is an adaptation that selects in animals against energy dissipation.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Jul 2017

Muller Anthonie W J

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As cancer usually follows reproduction, it is generally assumed that cancer does not select. Graham has however argued that juvenile cancer, which precedes reproduction, could during evolution have implemented a "cancer selection" that resulted in novel traits that suppress this juvenile cancer; an example is protection against UV sunlight-induced cancer, required for the emergence of terrestrial animals from the...

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PMID: 28673566
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.05.030

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