OMIA:001724-27778 : Melanoma, malignant in Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead) |
In other species: swordtail and platyfish , Japanese medaka , dog , lion , water buffalo
Categories: Neoplasm
Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown
Disease-related: yes
Species summary: Curd et al. (2026) report a clonally transmissible melanoma in brown bullheads. This is the fourth documented type of naturally occurring transmissible cancer in animals.
Species-specific name: clonally transmissible cancer
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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2026). OMIA:001724-27778: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2026 | Blazer, V.S., Emerson, P., Bodnar, M., Jones, T., Russell, D.R., Pehrson, M., Smith, C.R., Cleveland, D., Henderson, M.J., Mazik, P.M. : |
| Melanoma and other melanistic lesions in brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus from waterbodies in the Northeastern United States and Canada: Identification of risk factors. J Fish Dis :e70207, 2026. Pubmed reference: 42141503. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.70207. | |
| Curd, E.E., Hart, S.F.M., Lubkowitz, J., Tracy, K.M., Milazzo, L., Bodnar, M., Jones, T., Henderson, M.J., Emerson, P., Dragon, J.A. : | |
| Brown bullhead catfish melanoma represents a novel transmissible cancer. Nature , 2026. Pubmed reference: 42486978. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10828-6. |
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- Created by Imke Tammen on 24 Jul 2026
- Changed by Imke Tammen on 24 Jul 2026