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    Can plants get cancer?

    Question #129553. Asked by houston1127. (Feb 15 13 6:05 PM)


    Lpez

    		Yes they can, according to this site:

    http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/answers/viewtopic.php?id=1216

    Feb 15 13, 6:49 PM
    mehaul

    		In the plant kingdom the parallel condition to what is cancer in animals is called canker. It too runs the gambit of rapid uncontrolled growth to slowly killing cell types. Likewise, some are quick killing and some exist almost without effect.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canker

    Feb 16 13, 6:42 AM
    marcial10

    		Plants can get a type of tumor. However, in
    general it is not as harmful to plants as to animals. This is because plant cells have a cell wall and
    this cell wall inhibits the cells from moving. So while a plant can get uncontrolled division of
    cells and make a tumor, without cell movement, the cells can't metastasize. The tumors tend to
    remain localized. By and large, plants just live with their mutations and with tumors.
    http://www.huntington.org/uploadedFiles/Files/PDFs/GIB-DoPlantsGetCancer.pdf

    Feb 19 13, 8:29 AM

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