A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 374-379

  Pye, Ruth J ^a   Pemberton, David ^b   Tovar, Cesar ^a   Tubio, Jose M C ^c   Dun, Karen A ^d   Fox, Samantha ^b   Darby, Jocelyn ^a   Hayes, Dane ^b   Knowles, Graeme W ^b   Kreiss, Alexandre ^a   Siddle, Hannah V T ^e   Swift, Kate ^b   Lyons, A Bruce ^f   Murchison, Elizabeth P ^c   Woods, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contagious cancer; Tasmanian devil; Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease; Transmissible cancer

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; SECOND TRANSMISSIBLE CANCER; SEX CHROMOSOME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASMANIAN DEVIL; Y CHROMOSOME; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; EXON; GENETICS; GENOME; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASMANIA; VETERINARY; X CHROMOSOME;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EXONS; GENOME; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; KARYOTYPING; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TASMANIA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84954541497     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519691113     Document Type: Article

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