Facial Mechanosensory Influence on Forelimb Movement in Newborn Opossums, Monodelphis domestica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The opossum, Monodelphis domestica, is born very immature but crawls, unaided, with its forelimbs (FL) from the mother's birth canal to a nipple where it attaches to pursue its development.
Marie-Josée Desmarais +3 more
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Comparative microfluidic and enzymatic analyses reveal multifaceted snake venom resistance and novel VWF behavior in the opossum Monodelphis domestica. [PDF]
PLoS ONEInteractions between predators and prey are often characterized by strong selection pressures that shape extreme physiological adaptations. Venom resistance in large-bodied South American opossums (Clade Didelphini) is a striking example, as these ...
Matthew L Holding +11 more
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Downregulation of TrkC Receptors Increases Dendritic Arborization of Purkinje Cells in the Developing Cerebellum of the Opossum, Monodelphis domestica [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2020 In therian mammals, the cerebellum is one of the late developing structures in the brain. Specifically, the proliferation of cerebellar granule cells occurs after birth, and even in humans, the generation of these cells continues during the first year of
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Amelotin Gene Structure and Expression during Enamel Formation in the Opossum Monodelphis domestica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Amelotin (AMTN) is an ameloblast-secreted protein that belongs to the secretory calcium-binding phosphoprotein family, which also includes the enamel matrix proteins amelogenin, ameloblastin and enamelin.
Barbara Gasse +3 more
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Monodelphis domestica: a new source of mammalian primary neurons in vitro [PDF]
Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 Jelena Ban, Miranda Mladinic
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Transcriptomic Changes Associated with Pregnancy in a Marsupial, the Gray Short-Tailed Opossum Monodelphis domestica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Live birth has emerged as a reproductive strategy many times across vertebrate evolution; however, mammals account for the majority of viviparous vertebrates.
Victoria Leigh Hansen +2 more
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Evolution of mammalian sensorimotor cortex: Thalamic projections to parietal cortical areas in Monodelphis domestica [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2015 The current experiments build upon previous studies designed to reveal the network of parietal cortical areas present in the common mammalian ancestor. Understanding this ancestral network is essential for highlighting the basic somatosensory circuitry ...
James Clinton Dooley +7 more
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Convergent and divergent evolution of genomic imprinting in the marsupial
BMC Genomics, 2012 Background Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon resulting in parent-of-origin specific monoallelic gene expression. It is postulated to have evolved in placental mammals to modulate intrauterine resource allocation to the offspring.
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Expression and cellular distribution of ubiquitin in response to injury in the developing spinal cord of Monodelphis domestica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Ubiquitin, an 8.5 kDa protein associated with the proteasome degradation pathway has been recently identified as differentially expressed in segment of cord caudal to site of injury in developing spinal cord.
Natassya M Noor +8 more
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First report of immature stages of Ixodes bocatorensis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on small mammals in the Maracanã Environmental Protection Area, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaResearch into ticks that feed on small mammals is important because they can be vectors of pathogenic bioagents that infect animals and humans. In this study, small mammals were captured in the Maracanã Environmental Protection Area, in the eastern ...
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