Parallel evolution of reduced cancer risk and tumor suppressor duplications in Xenarthra
J. M. Vazquez, M. T. Pena, B. Muhammad, M. Kraft, L. B. Adams, V. J. Lynch
The paper shows that Xenarthran mammals evolved reduced cancer risk alongside tumor suppressor gene duplications, similar to Afrotherians, and exhibit slow cell proliferation and low DNA damage.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2022Evolutionary Biology