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‘Amazing evolutionary response’: Tasmanian devil gains edge in battle with devastating facial cancer – The Guardian
Spread of fatal illness has slowed, new research shows, leading to new optimism about chances of survival

Tasmanian devilsSpread of fatal illness has slowed, new research shows, leading to new optimism about chances of survival
The spread of a facial cancer that ravaged the Tasmanian devil population has slowed due to the animals amazing evolutionary response, increasing its chance of survival, new research suggests.
An international team of scientists used a genomic tool typically used to track viruses such as Covid-19 to monitor the spread of the transmissable cancer that has led to devil numbers…
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