There's a disease in dogs called canine transmissible venereal tumor that's essentially a cancer that's morphed into a std.
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Although the genome of CTVT is derived from a canid (probably a dog, wolf or coyote), it is now essentially living as a unicellular, asexually reproducing (but sexually transmitted) pathogen. Sequence analysis of the genome suggests it diverged from canids over 6,000 years ago; possibly much earlier.
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Good thing HeLa hasn't turned into the same sort of thing!
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per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions
The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.
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02-02-2010, 09:59 AM
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