Transmissible Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Hypothesis
A
The CTVT tumor is a genetically distinct cell that is transferred.
2
Q
Evidence?
A
The tumor cells are genetically similar to each other but not the dogs that they inhabit. Also all of the genes were not very variable… meaning that it hasn’t been separate forever.
3
Q
Where did it evolve from?
A
Most genetically related to wolves
