Why not, as any other organism. Insects can get malformations as well. I have dissected hundreds of mosquito salivary glands and have observed just once that a female Anopheles had four lobes instead of three in just one side of the paired salivary glands.
I guess so. Insects are multi cellular organisms.
They also under go cell division, replication and multiplication. After all cancer is the mutation in cell division. So I do believe it is possible for insects to get tumors.
Though I am no expert to say.
Yup, there are so many insects with tumor but ,what about leukemia, brain cancer and so on
Dear Ahmed Reda,
Please have a look at this useful link.
https://www.quora.com/Can-insects-get-cancer
Good luck!
Sorry to answer your question with more questions...Do insects have the cancer gene? Much of what we know from human cancer is some sort of malfunction with DNA repair systems. There are many genes thought to control the mechanism. Even if they could, I'm not sure if we could see it due to their short life span.
Yes, as per definitions, they can get cancer [i.e., uncontrolled production of dedifferentiated cells], henceforth appearing in several deformities. But with reference to certain phenomenal aspects, the situations may be unclear.
As in all living organisms, insects are infected with various diseases, viral / bacterial / fungal, and have different symptoms of growth abnormalities at the cellular and organic level, through my experiences I have seen many forms of distortions that can be a good source of study, as well as insects have many reactions To protect them from invasion of other organisms and environmental factors...
Why not, as any other organism. Insects can get malformations as well. I have dissected hundreds of mosquito salivary glands and have observed just once that a female Anopheles had four lobes instead of three in just one side of the paired salivary glands.
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