In 2020, a team of researchers led by Austin Patton with the University of California, Berkely, found that the rate of transmission of DFTD had slowed due to it becoming endemic in the population of devils. The tumors that develop make it difficult or impossible for the devils to feed themselves, and because of that they die of starvation. 231875 Journal information: Royal Society Open Science © 2024 Science X Network Citation: New study calls into question prior study results that found tumor transmission slowing in Tasmanian devils (2024, April 17) retrieved 17 April 2024 from https://phys. html This document is subject to copyright.
