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Figure 2 | BMC Cancer

Figure 2

From: Natural resistance to cancers: a Darwinian hypothesis to explain Peto’s paradox

Figure 2

The network of interactions between cancer and various variables acting on individuals and species in ecosystems. Arrows represent direct (e.g. , oncogenic pathogens cause cancer) or evolutionary (e.g. , predation exert selective pressure on parasite virulence) responses. Arrows are in two colors for clarity (blue for unidirectional relationships, dark for reciprocal, or potentially reciprocal, relationships).

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