Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The singular history of a canine transmissible tumor.
- Journal:
- Cell
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- VonHoldt, Bridgett M & Ostrander, Elaine A
- Affiliation:
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Murgia et al. (2006) confirm that the infectious agent of canine transmissible venereal tumor is the cancer cell itself and that the tumor is clonal in origin. Their findings have implications for understanding the relationship between genome instability and transmissible cancer and for conservation biology, canine genomics, and companion animal medicine.
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