Evolution and lineage dynamics of a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils.

Evolution and lineage dynamics of a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils.

Devil facial tumour 1 (DFT1) is a transmissible cancer clone endangering the Tasmanian devil. The expansion of DFT1 across Tasmania has been documented, but little is known of its evolutionary history. We analysed genomes of 648 DFT1 tumours collected throughout the disease range between 2003 and 20...

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Main Authors: Young Mi Kwon, Kevin Gori, Naomi Park, Nicole Potts, Kate Swift, Jinhong Wang, Maximilian R Stammnitz, Naomi Cannell, Adrian Baez-Ortega, Sebastien Comte, Samantha Fox, Colette Harmsen, Stewart Huxtable, Menna Jones, Alexandre Kreiss, Clare Lawrence, Billie Lazenby, Sarah Peck, Ruth Pye, Gregory Woods, Mona Zimmermann, David C Wedge, David Pemberton, Michael R Stratton, Rodrigo Hamede, Elizabeth P Murchison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000926

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000926

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