On the apparent rarity of epithelial cancers in captive chimpanzees.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on July 19, 2015

Authors

Nissi M Varki1, Ajit Varki2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA nvarki@ucsd.edu.
2: Department of Pathology, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA Department of Medicine, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA a1varki@ucsd.edu.

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