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Skin grafts to detect DFTD-resistance
Scientists hope to use skin grafts to identify DFTD-resistant devils in the wild.
Last year a devil named Cedric was discovered to be resistant to the disease - the first of its kind.
If numbers are sufficiently high in the wild, then prospects are good for the devil surviving facial tumour disease of its own accord. However if numbers are low then it is unlikely that disease-resistant devils would interbreed without intervention.
Although this article doesn't mention it, devils in north-western Tasmania - Cedric's home - have all but evaded the disease to this point. However DFTD has now turned up there also.
Full article at ABC
Posted by: admin on 07 Jan 2008 05:07 AM.
Updated by: admin on 07 Jan 2008 05:07 AM
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