Mammalian genes were long thought to be constrained within somatic cells in most cell
types. This concept was challenged recently when cellular organelles including …

Canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) is a contagious venereal tumour of dogs,
commonly observed in dogs that are in close contact with one another, or in stray and wild …

Dogs were present in the Americas before the arrival of European colonists, but the origin
and fate of these precontact dogs are largely unknown. We sequenced 71 mitochondrial and …

Most cancers arise from oncogenic changes in the genomes of somatic cells, and while the
cells may migrate by metastasis, they remain within that single individual. Natural …

Summary The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the largest marsupial carnivore, is
endangered due to a transmissible facial cancer spread by direct transfer of living cancer …

Canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) is the oldest known somatic cell lineage. It is a
transmissible cancer that propagates naturally in dogs. We sequenced the genomes of two …

Contagious cancers that pass between individuals as an infectious cell line are highly
unusual pathogens. Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) is one such contagious cancer that …

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 …

Transmissible cancers are infectious parasitic clones that metastasize to new hosts, living
past the death of the founder animal in which the cancer initiated. We investigated the …

Background The canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) is a contagious cancer that is
naturally transmitted between dogs by the allogeneic transfer of living cancer cells during …