Eutrophication and the dietary promotion of sea turtle tumors

The tumor-forming disease fibropapillomatosis (FP) has afflicted sea turtle populations for decades with no clear cause. A lineage of α-herpesviruses associated with these tumors has existed for millennia, suggesting environmental factors are responsible for its recent epidemiology. In previous work...

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Main Authors: Kyle S. Van Houtan, Celia M. Smith, Meghan L. Dailer, Migiwa Kawachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/602.pdf