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. (Author), Tovar, Cesar (Author), Hsu, Arthur (Author), Bender, Hannah S. (Author), Kheradpour, Pouya (Contributor), Rebbeck, Clare A. (Author), Obendorf, David (Author), Conlan, Carly (Author), Bahlo, Melanie (Author), Blizzard, Catherine A. (Author), Pyecroft, Stephen (Author), Kreiss, Alexandre (Author), Kellis, Manolis (Contributor), Stark, Alexander (Contributor), Harkins, Timothy T. (Author), Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall (Author), Woods, Gregory M. (Author), Hannon, Gregory J. (Author), Papenfuss, Anthony T. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014-05-14T21:20:11Z.
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