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Variants in the host genome may inhibit tumour growth in devil facial tumours: evidence from genome-wide association

Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) has decimated wild populations of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) due to its ability to avoid immune detection and pass from host to host by biting. A small number of devils have been observed to spontaneously recover from the disease which is otherwise fat...

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Autores principales: Wright, Belinda, Willet, Cali E., Hamede, Rodrigo, Jones, Menna, Belov, Katherine, Wade, Claire M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5428454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28341828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00439-7