Abstract:While most cancers are not transmissible, there are rare cases where cancer cells have acquired the ability to spread vertically or horizontally to other individuals, and sometimes species, causing epidemics in their hosts. However, as these transmissible cancers are usually detected once they are relatively well disseminated in host populations, the conditions associated with their origin remain poorly understood. Using the freshwater cnidarian Hydra oligactis, which exhibits spontaneous tumor development tha… Show more
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