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1. Genes & cells: Giant squid are one big species: Elusive deep-ocean dwellers have low genetic diversity.

Author

Saey, Tina Hesman

Subjects
*DEVIL facial tumor disease, *TASMANIAN devil, *TRANSMISSIBLE tumors, *CANCER in animals, *CANCER immunology, *MAJOR histocompatibility complex, *DISEASES
Abstract

The article discusses a study by geneticist Hannah Siddle at the University of Cambridge in England, and colleagues that found a contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils, called devil facial tumor disease, evades the immune system by turning off genes that the immune system uses to distinguish between cells from its own body and foreign cells. The role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is discussed.

Published
2013
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