The Tasmanian Devil Transcriptome Reveals Schwann Cell Origins of a Clonally Transmissible Cancer

The Tasmanian Devil Transcriptome Reveals Schwann Cell Origins of a Clonally Transmissible Cancer

The Tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore, is endangered because of the emergence of a transmissible cancer known as devil facial tumor disease (DFTD). This fatal cancer is clonally derived and is an allograft transmitted between devils by biting. We performed a large-scale genetic analysis of DFTD...

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Main Authors: Murchison, Elizabeth P., Tovar, Cesar, Hsu, Arthur, Bender, Hannah S., Kheradpour, Pouya, Rebbeck, Clare A., Obendorf, David, Conlan, Carly, Bahlo, Melanie, Blizzard, Catherine A., Pyecroft, Stephen, Kreiss, Alexandre, Kellis, Manolis, Stark, Alexander, Harkins, Timothy T., Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall, Woods, Gregory M., Hannon, Gregory J., Papenfuss, Anthony T.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86961

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