Evolution in a transmissible cancer: a study of the chromosomal changes in devil facial tumor (DFT) as it spreads through the wild Tasmanian devil population

2012/03/01 by Anne-Maree Pearse, Anne‐Maree Pearse, Kate Swift +8 · 72 citations
Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · Veterinary · #Biology #Cancer #Demography #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Infectious Diseases and Mycology #Microbial infections and disease research #Population #Sociology #Veterinary Oncology Research

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.cancergen.2011.12.001

published in Cancer Genetics 205(3), 101-112 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• The Immune Response of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and Devil Facial Tumour Disease
• Transmission of devil facial-tumour disease
• Massive Genomic Rearrangement Acquired in a Single Catastrophic Event during Cancer Development
• Genetic instability of cancer cells is proportional to their degree of aneuploidy

Cited by

• Biting injuries and transmission ofTasmanian devil facial tumour disease
• An oral bait vaccination approach for the Tasmanian devil facial tumor diseases
• Evidence for induction of humoral and cytotoxic immune responses against devil facial tumor disease cells in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) immunized with killed cell preparations
• Anthropogenic selection enhances cancer evolution in Tasmanian devil tumours
• Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils
• Genomic insights into a contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils
• Devil facial tumour disease [wikipedia]