Researchers from the CANECEV laboratory, an international collaboration between Deakin University and the University of Montpellier, have observed for the first time the birth of transmissible tumors in freshwater brown hydras—tiny, jellyfish-like creatures.
Brown hydras are microscopic organisms found in ponds, rivers and lakes, measuring about 25mm in length.
This study, "De novo evolution of transmissible tumors in hydra," is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Dr. Antoine M. Dujon from Deakin's School of Life and Environmental Sciences said the research team discovered that these jellyfish-like creatures developed tumors when being raised in the lab, both in Australia and France.
He also said the tumors can be transmitted to their young.
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