Genomic approaches to understanding Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease

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Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) is an emerging infectious disease affecting Tasmanian devils. DFTD is a transmissible cancer, and results in the growth of large tumors usually on the face and mouth of affected animals. DFTD has led to the collapse of the Tasmanian devil population, and there is concern that the disease will drive devils to extinction in the wild within the next 20 years. I propose to use new genome sequencing technologies to discover genes responsible for DFTD.