Devil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in Tasmania
Since 1996 a mysterious epidemic has been sweeping across the island of Tasmania, threatening the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with extinction. The species is endemic to the island which is part of Australia and lies south of Melbourne. Being endemic to the island the devils are of particu...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-2261752014-06-13T05:19:52ZDevil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in TasmaniaengDenbaum, PUppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning2014DFTDTasmanian devilCancercontagious cancerconservationSince 1996 a mysterious epidemic has been sweeping across the island of Tasmania, threatening the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with extinction. The species is endemic to the island which is part of Australia and lies south of Melbourne. Being endemic to the island the devils are of particular risk of extinction. Not only has the risk of losing the world’s largest extant carnivorous marsupial aroused great interest, but also the disease itself, has received much attention from the world of oncology due to its unusual trait of being a contagious cancer. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-226175application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Since 1996 a mysterious epidemic has been sweeping across the island of Tasmania, threatening the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with extinction. The species is endemic to the island which is part of Australia and lies south of Melbourne. Being endemic to the island the devils are of particular risk of extinction. Not only has the risk of losing the world’s largest extant carnivorous marsupial aroused great interest, but also the disease itself, has received much attention from the world of oncology due to its unusual trait of being a contagious cancer. |
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Devil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in Tasmania |
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Devil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in Tasmania |
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Devil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in Tasmania |
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Devil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in Tasmania |
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Devil Facial Tumour Disease : The cancer that's raising hell in Tasmania |
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devil facial tumour disease : the cancer that's raising hell in tasmania |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning |
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