It’s called the immortal dog. Same thing is happening to tasmanian devils right now, the devil’s tumor evolved in the 1980s and has been jumping from one devil to the next since then.
The interesting thing about the immortal dog (canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor, CTVT) is that is has continued to evolve and become an ever more efficient parasite. This is a stark reminder that evolution is something that happens to genes, not to organisms.
It’s called the immortal dog. Same thing is happening to tasmanian devils right now, the devil’s tumor evolved in the 1980s and has been jumping from one devil to the next since then.
The interesting thing about the immortal dog (canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor, CTVT) is that is has continued to evolve and become an ever more efficient parasite. This is a stark reminder that evolution is something that happens to genes, not to organisms.