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From: rhunt@med.unc.edu (Rick Hunt)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Cancer in plants?
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Date: 22 Apr 91 18:53:40 GMT
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Several days ago on the way to work I saw a strange growth on a tree.  It
had what looked like dozens of twigs growing from one spot.  At first I
thought it was a bird's nest, but it started sprouting leaves with the
arrival of spring.  Then I started to wonder if it would be a kind of cancer.
So now it is stupid question time:  Do plants get cancer?  If they do,
what does it look like?

Rick Hunt
rhunt@med.unc.edu