Evolving resistance in Tasmanian devils
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A second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Cancer
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1474-175X,1474-1768
DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2016.103