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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

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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. and Woods, Gregory M.

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2016-01, Vol.113 (2), p.374-379

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English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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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...

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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1760860469

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1760860469

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0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1519691113

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