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Expansion of CORE-SINEs in the genome of the Tasmanian devil

BMC Genomics, 2012
Background The genome of the carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii, Order: Dasyuromorphia), was sequenced in the hopes of finding a cure for or gaining a better understanding of the contagious devil facial tumor disease that is
Nilsson Maria A, Janke Axel, Murchison Elizabeth P, Ning Zemin, Hallström Björn M   +4 more
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Limited genetic diversity preceded extinction of the Tasmanian tiger. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine was the largest carnivorous marsupial when Europeans first reached Australia. Sadly, the last known thylacine died in captivity in 1936.
Brandon R Menzies, Marilyn B Renfree, Thomas Heider, Frieder Mayer, Thomas B Hildebrandt, Andrew J Pask   +5 more
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Development of body, head and brain features in the Australian fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata; Marsupialia: Dasyuridae); A postnatal model of forebrain formation.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Most of our understanding of forebrain development comes from research of eutherian mammals, such as rodents, primates, and carnivores. However, as the cerebral cortex forms largely prenatally, observation and manipulation of its development has required
Rodrigo Suárez, Annalisa Paolino, Peter Kozulin, Laura R Fenlon, Laura R Morcom, Robert Englebright, Patricia J O'Hara, Peter J Murray, Linda J Richards   +8 more
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Blood Parasites in Endangered Wildlife-Trypanosomes Discovered during a Survey of Haemoprotozoa from the Tasmanian Devil

Pathogens, 2020
The impact of emerging infectious diseases is increasingly recognised as a major threat to wildlife. Wild populations of the endangered Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, are experiencing devastating losses from a novel transmissible cancer, devil ...
Siobhon L. Egan, Manuel Ruiz-Aravena, Jill M. Austen, Xavier Barton, Sebastien Comte, David G. Hamilton, Rodrigo K. Hamede, Una M. Ryan, Peter J. Irwin, Menna E. Jones, Charlotte L. Oskam   +10 more
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Heat shock proteins expressed in the marsupial Tasmanian devil are potential antigenic candidates in a vaccine against devil facial tumour disease.

PLoS ONE, 2018
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the largest extant carnivorous marsupial and endemic to Tasmania, is at the verge of extinction due to the emergence of a transmissible cancer known as devil facial tumour disease (DFTD).
Cesar Tovar, Amanda L Patchett, Vitna Kim, Richard Wilson, Jocelyn Darby, A Bruce Lyons, Gregory M Woods   +6 more
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The external ear morphology and presence of tragi in Australian marsupials

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Multiple studies have described the anatomy and function of the external ear (pinna) of bats, and other placental mammals, however, studies of marsupial pinna are largely absent.
Hayley J. Stannard, Kathryn Dennington, Julie M. Old   +2 more
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Females Choose Mates Based on Genetic Relatedness in a Small Dasyurid Marsupial, the Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Females in a variety of taxa mate with more than one male during a single oestrus and exhibit mate preferences for genetically compatible males, but the influence of female mate choice on siring success is not clearly understood.
Marissa L Parrott, Simon J Ward, Peter D Temple-Smith, Lynne Selwood   +3 more
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Cloacal and Ocular Microbiota of the Endangered Australian Northern Quoll

Microorganisms, 2018
The Australian northern quoll is an important predatory marsupial carnivore that is currently endangered due to inappropriate fire regimes, predation, and the spread of invasive cane toads. The microbiota of Australian marsupials has not been extensively
Catherine Burke, Delaney Burnard, Adam Polkinghorne, Jonathan Webb, Wilhelmina M. Huston   +4 more
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Is the Felixer cat control device safe for marsupial carnivores?

Wildlife Research, 2022
Context The Felixer grooming device (‘Felixer’) is a lethal method of feral cat control designed to be cost-effective and target specific. Aims This study aims to test the target specificity of the Felixer in Tasmania, with a ...
Holly Rickards, John L. Read, Chris N. Johnson, Menna E. Jones, Matthew D. Pauza, Joss Bentley, Andry Sculthorpe, Morgan Humphrey, Rowena Hamer   +8 more
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Telomere dynamics and homeostasis in a transmissible cancer. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) is a unique clonal cancer that threatens the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with extinction.
Beata Ujvari, Anne-Maree Pearse, Robyn Taylor, Stephen Pyecroft, Cassandra Flanagan, Sara Gombert, Anthony T Papenfuss, Thomas Madsen, Katherine Belov   +8 more
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