Teoría del aloinjerto: transmisión de la enfermedad del tumor facial del diablo

A-M Pearse1, K Swift

  • 1Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. PO Box 46, Kings Meadows, Tasmania 7249, Australia. anne-maree.pearse@dpiwe.tas.gov.au

Nature
|February 3, 2006
PubMed
Resumen

Los diablos de Tasmania se enfrentan a una enfermedad tumoral facial fatal. El análisis cromosómico revela reorganizaciones tumorales idénticas, lo que sugiere la transmisión a través de la mordedura, un proceso de injerto único.

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