Bird species that have small clutches tend to get less cancer than species that have large clutches. That’s the conclusion of an international team of scientists that includes several ACE researchers. The team studied the necropsy records of close to 6000 birds looking for the life traits that were associated with cancer and their paper was published June 2024 in the Journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.
Read a story about the research in this ASU News article: ASU researchers explore cancer susceptibility in birds
