Genomic approaches to understanding Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease

袋獾面部肿瘤病（DFTD）是一种影响袋獾的新兴传染病。DFTD是一种传染性癌症，通常会导致受感染动物的面部和口腔长出大肿瘤。DFTD导致袋獾数量锐减，人们担心这种疾病会在未来20年内导致袋獾在野外灭绝。我建议使用新的基因组测序技术来发现导致DFTD的基因。

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.