Scientists decode white shark genome, finding cancer-protective mechanism
Bangladesh, Feb. 19 -- Washington, Feb 19 (Xinhua/UNB) - An international team of scientists have decoded the entire genome of white shark and identified their superior cancer-protective abilities.
The study published on Monday in the the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that a plethora of genetic changes might be behind the evolutionary success of large-bodied and long-lived sharks.
The researchers found that the massive vertebrate's molecular adaptation in numerous genes helped maintain the genome stability and counteract the accumulation of damage to a species' DNA, thereby preserving the integrity of the genome.
The opposite phenomenon called genome instability, which results from accumulated DNA damag...
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