Mitochondrial genome sequencing of marine leukaemias reveals cancer contagion between clam species in the Seas of Southern Europe

Complete Citation:
García-Souto, D.#, Bruzos, A.L.#; Díaz-Costas, S.#; Rocha, S.; Pequeño, A.; Roman-Lewis, C.; Alonso, J.; Rodriguez, R; Costas, D.; Rodriguez-Castro, J.; Villanueva, A.; Silva, L.; Valencia, J.; Annona, G.; Tarallo, A.; Ricardo, F.; Bratos Cetinic, A.; Posada, D.; Pasantes, J.J.; Tubío, J.M.C. “Mitochondrial genome sequencing of marine leukemias reveals cancer contagion between clam species in the Seas of Southern Europe.” eLife, 11:e66946 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.66946 (#equal contribution)
Previously published on Biorxiv.
IF(2021) = 8.713

About the paper:
In this paper we report a new contagious cancer affecting the warty venus clam that was originated in the striped venus clam and it is currently found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Authorship:
Position of AL Bruzos: 2 (first authorship)
Total number of authors: 20
Authors: Daniel Garcia-Souto; Alicia L Bruzos; Seila Diaz; Sara Rocha; Ana Pequeño-Valtierra; Camila F Roman-Lewis; Juana Alonso; Rosana Rodriguez; Damian Costas; Jorge Rodriguez-Castro; Antonio Villanueva; Luis Silva; Jose Maria Valencia; Giovanni Annona; Andrea Tarallo; Fernando Ricardo; Ana Bratoš Cetinić; David Posada; Juan Jose Pasantes; Jose MC Tubio

Journal information
ISSN: 2050-084X
Current Publisher: eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD, SHERATON HOUSE, CASTLE PARK, CAMBRIDGE CB3 0AX, ENGLAND
Journal Impact Factor (JIF): 8.713 (2021)
WoS Research Areas: Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
JCR Category: BIOLOGY in SCIE edition
JCR Category Rank: 8/94
JCR Category Quartile: Q1

Peer-review process:
Received: 27 January 2021
Accepted: 04 December 2021
Published: 18 January 2022