Tracking Marsupial Evolution Using Archaic Genomic Retroposon Insertions
PLoS Biology, 2010 The Australasian and South American marsupial mammals, such as kangaroos and opossums, are the closest living relatives to placental mammals, having shared a common ancestor around 130 million years ago.
Jürgen Schmitz +2 more
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Australia's Oldest Marsupial Fossils and their Biogeographical Implications
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundWe describe new cranial and post-cranial marsupial fossils from the early Eocene Tingamarra Local Fauna in Australia and refer them to Djarthia murgonensis, which was previously known only from fragmentary dental remains.Methodology/principal ...
Mike Archer +2 more
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Anaerobic gut fungal communities in marsupial hosts
mBioThe anaerobic gut fungi (AGF) inhabit the alimentary tracts of herbivores. In contrast to placental mammals, information regarding the identity, diversity, and community structure of AGF in marsupials is extremely sparse.
Adrienne L. Jones +6 more
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Comparative Analysis of Progesterone Secretion and Plasma Proteome Across the Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Luteal Phase of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) [PDF]
ProteomesBackground: Koalas are a vulnerable marsupial species with unique reproductive traits. Efforts to develop assisted breeding technologies have been hindered by a limited understanding of maternal recognition of pregnancy and physiological changes induced ...
Brooke E. Hartley +6 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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Adaptive Immunity in Marsupials. [PDF]
J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr PhysiolComparison of the marsupial and eutherian adaptive immune systems. ABSTRACT Marsupials diverged from eutherian mammals 125–160 million years ago. Although evolutionarily distinct, both groups of mammals can produce complex adaptive immune responses to antigens with several key differences.
Jol CL, Stannard HJ, Old JM.
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