Marsupial cathelicidins: characterization, antimicrobial activity and evolution in this unique mammalian lineage [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionCathelicidins are a family of antimicrobial peptides well-known for their antimicrobial and immunomodulatory functions in eutherian mammals such as humans.
Emma Peel +7 more
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Marsupial Ig genomics revisited and the potential role of retroelements in the limited number of heavy chain isotypes [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Marsupials have limited germline antibody heavy chain variable (VH) gene diversity and more complex light chain variable gene diversity. They also appear to have a limited repertoire of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) isotypes.
Jordan M. Sampson +3 more
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First record of Ixodes luciae (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing Marmosops noctivagus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in South America [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaThis study reports the first record of parasitism of Ixodes luciae Sénevet, on the marsupial Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi), in Brazil and in South America. The tick I.
Marcelo Cutrim Moreira de Castro +4 more
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Marsupial and monotreme milk—a review of its nutrient and immune properties [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 All mammals are characterized by the ability of females to produce milk. Marsupial (metatherian) and monotreme (prototherian) young are born in a highly altricial state and rely on their mother’s milk for the first part of their life.
Hayley J. Stannard +2 more
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Evolution of the patella and patelloid in marsupial mammals [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The musculoskeletal system of marsupial mammals has numerous unusual features beyond the pouch and epipubic bones. One example is the widespread absence or reduction (to a fibrous “patelloid”) of the patella (“kneecap”) sesamoid bone, but prior studies ...
Alice L. Denyer +2 more
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Glironia venusta (Thomas, 1912) (Didelphidae) reaches the Atlantic! New records in French Guiana, with notes on behaviour [PDF]
Check List, 2023 We report observations of Glironia venusta Thomas, 1912, Bushy-tailed Opossum, from coastal French Guiana, expanding the distribution of this species 300 km north of its previously known range.
Paul Alexandre, Benoit de Thoisy
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Movement of Free-Ranging Koalas in Response to Male Vocalisation Playbacks
Animals, 2022 Effective conservation strategies rely on knowledge of seasonal and social drivers of animal behaviour. Koalas are generally solitary and their social arrangement appears to rely on vocal and chemical signalling.
Alex Zijian Jiang +4 more
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Pouch bacteria: an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2023 Australia is home to a rich biodiversity of marsupials that are found nowhere else. Unfortunately, many of these species are currently threatened with extinction due to introduced feral predators and other anthropogenic factors.
Raphael Eisenhofer, Toby Maidment
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Marsupial chromosome DNA content and genome size assessed from flow karyotypes: invariable low autosomal GC content [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Extensive chromosome homologies revealed by cross-species chromosome painting between marsupials have suggested a high level of genome conservation during evolution.
Fumio Kasai +3 more
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Letting the ‘cat’ out of the bag: pouch young development of the extinct Tasmanian tiger revealed by X-ray computed tomography [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was an iconic Australian marsupial predator that was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s.
Axel H. Newton +8 more
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