The root of the transmissible cancer: first description of a widespread Mytilus trossulus-derived cancer lineage in M. trossulus
M. Skazina, N. Odintsova, M. Maiorova, A. Ivanova, R. Vainola, P. Strelkov
The study identifies BTN2, a transmissible cancer lineage, in its original host M. trossulus in the Sea of Japan, suggesting it originated there and spread globally.
bioRxiv · Dec 25, 2020Pathology