Genetic and genomic architecture in eight strains of the laboratory opossum Monodelphis domestica [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021 The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domesticavsFFFMonodelphis ...
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Monodelphis domestica as a Fetal Intra-Cerebral Inoculation Model for Zika Virus Pathogenesis [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Monodelphis domestica (the laboratory opossum) is a marsupial native to South America. At birth, these animals are developmentally equivalent to human embryos at approximately 5 weeks of gestation, which, when coupled with other characteristics including
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Establishment of Long-Term Primary Cortical Neuronal Cultures From Neonatal Opossum Monodelphis domestica [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 Primary dissociated neuronal cultures have become a standard model for studying central nervous system (CNS) development. Such cultures are predominantly prepared from the hippocampus or cortex of rodents (mice and rats), while other mammals are less ...
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Blood transcriptome responses to PFOA and GenX treatment in the marsupial biomedical model Monodelphis domestica [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Introduction: Perfluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are widely used in industrial and consumer products. Due to their environmental persistence and bioaccumulation, PFASs can be found in the blood of humans and wild animals all over the ...
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Development of the terminal air spaces in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)- 3D reconstruction by microcomputed tomography. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMarsupials are born with structurally immature lungs when compared to eutherian mammals. The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is born at the late canalicular stage of lung development.
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SOX2 and SOX9 Expression in Developing Postnatal Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) Cortex [PDF]
Biomolecules(1) Background: Central nervous system (CNS) development is characterized by dynamic changes in cell proliferation and differentiation. Key regulators of these transitions are the transcription factors such as SOX2 and SOX9.
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Kinematic analysis of sensorimotor behavior during variable ladder rung walking in short-tailed opossums (Monodelphis domestica) [PDF]
STAR Protocols, 2021 Summary: This protocol presents a workflow for detecting differences in kinematics between experimental conditions. It is tailored for short-tailed opossums but can be applied to any species capable of completing the ladder rung task.
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The Laboratory Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) Is a Unique Model for Research on Zika Virus: Robust Immune Response, Widespread Dissemination, and Long-Term Persistence [PDF]
VirusesThe Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic elicited a rapid commitment to the development of animal models for ZIKV research. Non-human primates (NHPs) and mice have made significant contributions to this research, but NHPs are expensive, have a long gestation ...
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Influence of the vestibular system on the neonatal motor behaviors in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) [PDF]
IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2023 Marsupials are born very immature yet must be sufficiently autonomous to crawl on the mother’s belly, find a teat and attach to it to pursue their development. Sensory inputs are necessary to guide the newborn to a teat and induce attachment.
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Gene expression profiling of postnatal lung development in the marsupial gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) highlights conserved developmental pathways and specific characteristics during lung organogenesis [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background After a short gestation, marsupials give birth to immature neonates with lungs that are not fully developed and in early life the neonate partially relies on gas exchange through the skin.
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