Telomere dynamics and homeostasis in a transmissible cancer.

Telomere dynamics and homeostasis in a transmissible cancer.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) is a unique clonal cancer that threatens the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with extinction. This transmissible cancer is passed between individual devils by cell implantation during social interactions. The t...

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Main Authors: Beata Ujvari, Anne-Maree Pearse, Robyn Taylor, Stephen Pyecroft, Cassandra Flanagan, Sara Gombert, Anthony T Papenfuss, Thomas Madsen, Katherine Belov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3430654?pdf=render

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