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The somatic evolution of the canine transmissible venereal tumour
2020-01-01
Abstract excerpt
This dissertation investigates the evolution of the canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT), a sexually transmitted cancer which manifests as genital tumours in dogs. This cancer first arose in an individual dog several thousand years ago, and has since survived by transfer of living cancer cells to new hosts during coitus. Today, CTVT affects dogs around the world, and is the oldest and most prolific known ca...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9a1dc6c6-8521-5ea4-8c95-ee08c598f6fc
- DOI
- 10.17863/cam.52103