Horizontal transfer of nuclear DNA in transmissible cancer
Kevin C. Gori, Adrian Baez‐Ortega, Andrea Strakova, Maximilian R. Stammnitz, Jinhong Wang, Jonathan Chan, Katherine Hughes, Sophia Belkhir, Maurine Hammel, Daniela Moralli, James M. Bancroft, Edward Drydale, Karen M. Allum, María Verónica Brignone, Anne M. Corrigan, , Elizabeth P. Murchison
The paper detects a single instance of host-to-tumour horizontal DNA transfer in canine transmissible venereal tumour, showing a 15-megabase genetic element from a dog with Middle Eastern ancestry.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 22, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology