Canine transmissible venereal tumour: the contagious cancer that conquered the world

source: Cambridge University     2016年5月17日
Genetics of a canine transmissible tumour show how the world’s oldest cancer “metastasised” through the global dog population – and captured, maintained and rearranged its mitochondrial DNA along the way.
Strakova et al. eLife 2016;5:e14552
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