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Widespread transmission of independent cancer lineages within multiple bivalve species

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  • Michael J. Metzger

    (Columbia University
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Antonio Villalba

    (Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia
    University of Alcalá)

  • María J. Carballal

    (Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia)

  • David Iglesias

    (Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia)

  • James Sherry

    (Environment Canada, Water Science & Technology Directorate)

  • Carol Reinisch

    (Environment Canada, Water Science & Technology Directorate)

  • Annette F. Muttray

    (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia
    SLR Consulting Canada Ltd.)

  • Susan A. Baldwin

    (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia)

  • Stephen P. Goff

    (Columbia University
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Columbia University)

Abstract

Disseminated neoplasias in three species of bivalve mollusc are attributed to transmissible clonal lines, and neoplasias in one species are caused by cross-species transmission of cancer, suggesting that transmissible neoplasia is common in marine species.

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  • Michael J. Metzger & Antonio Villalba & María J. Carballal & David Iglesias & James Sherry & Carol Reinisch & Annette F. Muttray & Susan A. Baldwin & Stephen P. Goff, 2016. "Widespread transmission of independent cancer lineages within multiple bivalve species," Nature, Nature, vol. 534(7609), pages 705-709, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:534:y:2016:i:7609:d:10.1038_nature18599
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18599
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