Cancer susceptibility and reproductive trade-offs: a model of the evolution of cancer defences

The factors influencing cancer susceptibility and why it varies across species are major open questions in the field of cancer biology. One underexplored source of variation in cancer susceptibility may arise from trade-offs between reproductive competitiveness (e.g. sexually selected traits, earlie...

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Main Authors: Boddy, Amy M., Kokko, Hanna, Breden, Felix, Wilkinson, Gerald S., Aktipis, C. Athena
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581025/