Current Biology
Volume 27, Issue 11, 5 June 2017, Pages R408-R409
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Evolution: Of X-Cells and X-Men

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Humans are obsessed with labels, constantly seeking to name and categorise unknowns, or ‘X-things’. DNA sequencing has finally solved the identity of mysterious X-cells associated with tumours in marine fish, but how should we approach X in people?

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