Mitochondrial genome sequencing of marine leukemias reveals cancer contagion between clam species in the Seas of Southern Europe
Daniel Garcia-Souto, Alicia L. Bruzos, Seila Diaz, Sara Rocha, Ana Pequeño‐Valtierra, Camila F. Roman-Lewis, Juana Alonso, Rosana Rodriguez, Damian Costas, Jorge Rodriguez-Castro, Antonio Villanueva, Luis Silva, Jose Maria Valencia, Giovanni Annona, Andrea Tarallo, , Jose M. C. Tubio
The paper sequenced mitochondrial genomes of marine clams with transmissible cancers, revealing a single neoplastic lineage that spreads between species in Southern Europe.
eLife · Dec 7, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics