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Elephant Evolution: Why the Biggest Pachyderms are Big and Resistant to Cancer? – Science Times
A new study looks into why elephants evolved to be so big and yet is cancer-resistant. Science says that large, long-lived species should have higher risks of developing…
Science says that large, long-lived species should have higher risks of developing cancer. The logic is that tumors grow when genetic mutations cause cells to reproduce too quickly and uncontrollably. Hence, creatures with long lives give cancer more opportunities to mutate.
If bigger species have more cells that are more prone to mutations, why does cancer rarely afflict elephants?
Elephants: The Biggest Pachyderms
A new study looks into the mystery of elephants possessing extra copies of a variety…
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