Widespread transmission of independent cancer lineages within multiple bivalve species

Michael J. Metzger, Antonio Villalba, María J. Carballal, David Iglesias, James Sherry, Carol Reinisch, Annette F. Muttray, Susan A. Baldwin and Stephen P. Goff ()
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Michael J. Metzger: Columbia University
Antonio Villalba: Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia
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
Susan A. Baldwin: Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia
Stephen P. Goff: Columbia University

Nature, 2016, vol. 534, issue 7609, 705-709

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.

Date: 2016
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