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The Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG) Program is a joint initiative by the CRG, UPF and IBE in Barcelona to boost biomedical research by applying evolutionary approaches. Website: t.co/MBCtzyi8jt

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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetic background sets the trajectory of experimental cancer evolution - Nature
Experimentally replaying tumour evolution in divergent mouse strains reveals the importance of interactions between genetic ancestry and acquired cancer-driving mutations in shaping the earliest stage...
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Max Stammnitz @maxstammnitz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Wow! A fourth class of transmissible cancers. CONTAGIOUS FISH MELANOMA, discovered in Lake Memphremagog (Vermont / Quebec) 🎣 🧬 😷 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @uvmvermont.bsky.social
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Brown bullhead catfish melanoma represents a novel transmissible cancer - Nature
Whole-genome sequencing analysis of tumour and matched non-tumour host tissues of the brown bullhead catfish reveals a type of naturally occurring transmissible cancer.
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We had a great seminar by Duncan Odom @odomlab.bsky.social today about mutagenesis and cancer evolution!
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Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) @crg.eu · 31/05/2026
Huge congrats to the CRG's Mafalda Dias for being one of eight finalists for the 2026 Premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia, one of Spain's most visible science prizes. Voting is open now and closes on Sunday 28 June at 23:59 (peninsular time).
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La IA mejora el estudio de las enfermedades raras
Vota a las finalistas del premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We’ve reopened the call for a PhD position with Juana Diez at @melisupf.bsky.social within the EVOMG-DN project. 🧬 Viral Codon Usage: A Novel Readout of Virus Evolution and Host Interaction 🗓 Deadline: 10 May 2026 👉 Apply here: www.evomg-dn.eu/call-for-app...
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 27/02/2026
Molecular #evolution of animal #aging: A field perspective explores the impact of evolution on aging and offers a multi-angle view on longevity variation across model organisms and environments link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Jonathan Frazer @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
popEVE is out in Nature Genetics! 🎉 We built a proteome-wide model that combines cross-species and human population variation to rank missense variants by disease severity and help diagnose rare genetic disorders. rdcu.be/eRu7K
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Proteome-wide model for human disease genetics
Nature Genetics - popEVE is a proteome-wide deep generative model to identify and predict pathogenicity of missense mutations causing genetic disorders.
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Debora Marks @deboramarks.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New paper “Proteome-wide model for human disease genetics” is now live at Nature Genetics: rdcu.be/eRu7K popEVE (pop.evemodel.org) finds the needles in the haystacks of human genetic variation:
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Meet our EvoMG-DN PI, Jonas Juan-Mateu from @melisupf.bsky.social -Barcelona Interested in joining the network? Find out more about the PhD programme → www.evomg-dn.eu #PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCareers #LifeSciences #BiomedicalResearch #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #HorizonEurope
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UPF Medicine and Life Sciences @melisupf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Hey, thanks to the @evomg-dn.bsky.social you can join the Developmental and Evolutionary Transcriptomics Laboratory led by Manuel Irimia ( @mirimiam.bsky.social ) with Jonàs Juan as PI to develop your PhD exploring the molecular adaptation of pancreatic islets. 🧬🦇 #PhDOffer #AcademicJobs @crg.eu
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🚨 15 days left to apply! Be part of EvoMG-DN and advance your PhD career in evolutionary genomics. 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu #PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCareers #LifeSciences #BiomedicalResearch #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #HorizonEurope #EUResearch #ResearchOpportunities #PhDPositions
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Today we had a great EvoMG Seminar by Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social from FLI, who told us about some of their recent aging work using the fascinating short-lived killifish. Hosted by @mirimiam.bsky.social evomedgenomics.com/events/exter...
Dario Valenzano at PRBB
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
1. Map evolutionary diversity to hack biomedical innovation 2. Revolutionize cancer therapy 3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance 4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases 5. Support healthier behaviors 6. Improve pandemic responses by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!
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6 ways evolutionary medicine can transform our health
Evolutionary medicine is an emerging interdisciplinary field with huge potential to improve human health and tackle a broad scope of major health challenges.
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The Institute of Cancer Research @icr.ac.uk · 23/10/2025
“Although drug resistance closes some doors, it can open new ones.” In exciting research, our scientists have found that a recently discovered vulnerability in soft tissue sarcomas could pave the way for smarter, more adaptive treatment strategies that extend and save more lives.
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Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) @crg.eu · 23/10/2025
Are you looking for a PhD? Join us in Barcelona! You'll dive into a community of >100 PhD students from 30 countries exploring the frontiers of biology. You can also join an online workshop on 6 November (15:00 CET) to learn how to find the right lab for you. More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
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UPF Medicine and Life Sciences @melisupf.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#PhDOffer #AcademicJobs #PhDChat #PhDLife 📣 15 fully funded PhD positions in Evolutionary Medical Genomics (@evomg-bcn.bsky.social) are open! 🧬🔬 Explore ageing, cancer evolution, and pathogen resistance across leading European institutions. Deadline: Nov 30 Apply here: www.evomg-dn.eu
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Become part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network a prestigious EU initiative offering world-class research training, international experience, and strong career prospects for early-stage researchers. It’s more than a PhD:it’s a launchpad for your research career! Apply now: www.evomg-dn.eu
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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Including one position in our lab to work on emerging fungal pathogens. 👇 #phD #Candida
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Servei de Recerca de la UPF @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
At the @melisupf.bsky.social, @mirimiam.bsky.social would like to recruit two fully-funded #PhDcandidate for the #MSCA Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social. #AcademicSky #ResearchJobs
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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Two super well-funded PhD grants from our MSCA Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social at our lab at @melisupf.bsky.social, @crg.eu and the @evomg-bcn.bsky.social Program. If you're excited about evolution, genomics and biomedical research, this is your DN! 😃 Further info: www.evomg-dn.eu and 👇
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EVOMG-DN
EvoMG-DN is a European Doctoral Network funded by the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), composed of 14 beneficiaries and associated partners from both academic and non-academic sectors.
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We’re proud to introduce the Principal Investigators leading the EvoMG Doctoral Network, an international team guiding and mentoring the next generation of evolutionary medicine researchers. Discover more about their work and the PhD opportunities 👇 www.evomg-dn.eu
@mirimiam.bsky.social, @jamie-blundell.bsky.social, @emmateeling.bsky.social
@trevorgraham.bsky.social, @eszterlakatos.bsky.social
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📢 EvoMG-DN PhD applications are now open! Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease. 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu 📅 Apply by 30 November 2025 #PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers
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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The second is about potential fitness costs of cancer drug resistance, and how we might exploit them using approaches like adaptive therapy. (building on our work with @mlockley.bsky.social in ovarian cancer: aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...). Description here: www.icr.ac.uk/study-and-ca...
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Adaptive Therapy Exploits Fitness Deficits in Chemotherapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer to Achieve Long-Term Tumor Control
Carboplatin adaptive therapy improves treatment efficacy without increasing daily dose due to reduced fitness of drug-resistant populations, which can be tracked using cfDNA and could direct adaptive ...
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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We have two fantastically well-funded #PhD studentships available through the @evomg-dn.bsky.social #EU doctoral network (led by brilliant @mirimiam.bsky.social, @crg.eu). These enable students to move to the UK and come and work with us @icr.ac.uk to exploit #cancer #evolution for patient benefit.
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UPF Medicine and Life Sciences @melisupf.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Las week, the @prbb.org hosted the Iberian EvoMG PI Meeting 2025. An event organized by the @evomg-bcn.bsky.social & @biomics-twinning.bsky.social to bring together all researchers working on the different areas of evolutionary medical genomics. Delighted to see so many familiar faces there! 🙌😊
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
And the last session of the meeting was Session 5: Cancer. The first speaker was David Posada ( @davidposada.bsky.social ), from the Universidade de Vigo and @cinbio.bsky.social, who showed us how somatic phylogenetics can provide fundamental insights into the evolutionary dynamics of cancer.
David Posada, CINBIO, U Vigo
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
In between Sessions 4 (aging) and 5 (cancer), we had the perfect bridge between the two topics, with the second keynote talk, by Iñigo Martincorena (@imartincorena.bsky.social), who told us about their work on somatic evolution, and its implications for aging and cancer.
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The last day (Fri 10/10) started with Session 4: Aging and related diseases.
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
And after the round table, we continued Session 3 on microbes, microbiome and antibiotic resistance, with Maria Isabel Veiga, from @icvs-uminho.bsky.social , who talked about drug resistance in malaria.
Maria Isabel Veiga, ICVS
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
After the coffee break, we had a round table about dealing with evolution of drug resistance & synergies among EvoMG fields. We had a panel representing the different related "areas": Isabel Veiga (Plasmodium), David Posada (Cancer), Jero Rodriguez (Bacteria), Ana Abecasis (Virus).
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Session 3 (Thr 09/10 in the afternoon) was dedicated to Microbes, microbiome and antibiotic resistance.
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
After the lunch break, Teresa M. Coque (@tmcoque.bsky.social), from the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS) gave us a special talk with her EvoMG view from the hospital. A historical and conceptual perspective on disease evolution and its co-evolution with society's ways to tackle it.
Teresa M. Coque, IRYCIS
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
After the coffee break, we continued with the Session 2b: Genomic basis & history of disease. The first speaker was Sandra Acosta ( @sacostav.bsky.social ), also from @ub.edu, who told us about her work inferring the role of conserved regulatory elements in human brain development & disease
Sandra Acosta, Universitat de Barcelona
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The second session (Thr 09/10, morning) was dedicated to the Genomic Basis & History of Disease.
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The first session of the Iberian EvoMG PI meeting was on "Virus, transposable elements & biotechnology". 🦠🧬 The first speaker was Ana Abecasis from NOVA University of Lisbon, on HIV-1 transmission and evolution.
Ana Abecasis	NOVA University of Lisbon
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Opening keynote talk by Pedro Beltrão on the genetics of human trait variation across the scales of biological organization.
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Nuno Morais kicking off the Iberian EvoMG PI meeting, organized by @evomg-bcn.bsky.social and @biomics-twinning.bsky.social at PRBB in Barcelona! evomedgenomics.com/events/iberi...
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
At EvoMG-DN we believe that evolutionary history shapes both the human genome and its pathogens and ultimately disease susceptibility. We will tackle health challenges from an evolutionary perspective in the topic of: ageing, cancer and infectious diseases. #PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Amazing talk by @elinork.bsky.social today at @prbb.org ! 🐶🦇🐪🦏 Hosted by @weghornlab.bsky.social
Elinor Karlsson’s talk at CRG
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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🚀 Exciting news: the Evolutionary Medical Genomics Doctoral Network (EVOMG-DN) launches soon! 🔍 15 fully funded PhD positions: ready to shape the future of genomic medicine? Stay tuned for details! #PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #PhDPositions
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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New review from @chloecolson.bsky.social on cancer evolution & plasticity from a mathematical modelling lens: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Chloe provides a framework to think about plasticity & evolution, & explains how maths models can reveal cell dynamics that we can't directly observe.
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Mathematical modelling of cancer cell evolution and plasticity
In this review, we argue that mathematical modelling is an essential tool for understanding cancer cell evolution and phenotypic plasticity. We show t…
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Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!
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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thrilled to become an EMBO Member! Thanks so much to @embo.org for the recognition, and thanks A LOT to all current and past lab members, mentors and collaborators for making it possible! 🤗
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Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona @prbb.org · 29/05/2025
A study by @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social shows the great genetic diversity of Brazil and its implications for the health of the population. 🧬#DNAdoBrasil project has sequenced +2700 complete genomes and revealed +8M unknown genetic variants. ‪@hunemeier.bsky.social More info👇
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Knowing the genome of the Brazilian population helps to decipher its history - El·lipse
The study by IBE:CSIC-UPF and the University of São Paulo shows the great genetic diversity of Brazil and its implications for the health of the population.
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Charlie Pugh @cwjpugh.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
New preprint in collaboration with @paulinanunezv.bsky.social supervised by @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social and Mafalda Dias – we propose a simple approach to improving zero-shot variant effect prediction in pre-existing protein and genome language models: 🧶 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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From Likelihood to Fitness: Improving Variant Effect Prediction in Protein and Genome Language Models
Generative models trained on natural sequences are increasingly used to predict the effects of genetic variation, enabling progress in therapeutic design, disease risk prediction, and synthetic biolog...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21/05/2025
Scientists make breakthroughs on blood ageing and limb regrowth www.ft.com/content/a1f83886-fb29-4f…
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Scientists make breakthroughs on blood ageing and limb regrowth
Two new studies could help develop better therapies for rejuvenation and regeneration
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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🚨With some delay, we're excited to announce that our proposal for a MSCA Doctoral Network on Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG-DN) got funded! 🎉 🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu. europa.eu/!NNq63m
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Randolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The essay by @awaisaftab.bsky.social does a fine job of describing how cliff-edge fitness functions may explain vulnerability to some diseases. For an accessible Psychology Today article on the topic, see the link below. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) The Puzzle of the Unbalanced Mind
PDF | Why do genes for mental disorders persist? This article argues it is because traits with a cliff-edged fitness function are shaped to a... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Rese...
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 04/04/2024
APOBEC shapes tumor evolution and age at onset of lung cancer in smokers www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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APOBEC shapes tumor evolution and age at onset of lung cancer in smokers https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.02.587805v1
APOBEC enzymes are part of the innate immunity and are responsible for restricting viruses and retro
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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Our #Cancer #Evolution summer school runs again 30 June-3 July at the beautiful Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK sponsored by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Ideal for starters in the field; this year's focus is on using genomic data for cancer evo research. Brilliant & inspiring faculty! bit.ly/40nLdDD
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Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer — 20250630
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer
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