date:Aug 03, 2012
k, becoming less active and possibly feeding less, hence less likely to be caught. This suggests the actual percentage affected by the cancer is likely to be higher than observed in this study.
UV-induced melanoma in fish has until now only been seen under laboratory conditions and has been used as a model to study the progress of human skin cancer due to the similarities in the disease.
In the lab, hybridised fish were found to be more susceptible to UV radiation due to exposure of the so-cal