eLife (Oct 2016)

How elephants beat cancer

Stephen J Gaughran,
Evlyn Pless,
Stephen C Stearns

Affiliations

Stephen J Gaughran: ORCiD; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
Evlyn Pless: ORCiD; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
Stephen C Stearns: ORCiD; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21864
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5

Abstract

Elephants have significantly reduced their risk of cancer by duplicating an important gene called TP53.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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