Mammalian tumor-like organs. 1. The role of tumor-like normal organs and atypical tumor organs in the evolution of development (carcino-evo-devo)
Abstract Background Earlier I hypothesized that hereditary tumors might participate in the evolution of multicellular organisms. I formulated the hypothesis of evolution by tumor neofunctionalization, which suggested that the evolutionary role of hereditary tumors might consist in supplying evolving...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Infectious Agents and Cancer |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-021-00412-0 |