Immunome database for marsupials and monotremes
BMC Immunology, 2011 Background To understand the evolutionary origins of our own immune system, we need to characterise the immune system of our distant relatives, the marsupials and monotremes.
Papenfuss Anthony T +2 more
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Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The study of faunal remains from archaeological sites is often complicated by the presence of large numbers of highly fragmented, morphologically unidentifiable bones.
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Body Temperature In Captive Long-Beaked Echidnas (Zaglossus Bartoni) [PDF]
, 2003 The routine occurrence of both short-term (daily) and long-term torpor (hibernation) in short-beaked echidnas, but not platypus, raises questions about the third monotreme genus, New Guinea's Zaglossus.
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Echidna venom gland transcriptome provides insights into the evolution of monotreme venom. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Monotremes (echidna and platypus) are egg-laying mammals. One of their most unique characteristic is that males have venom/crural glands that are seasonally active.
Emily S W Wong +3 more
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Male mutation bias is the main force shaping chromosomal substitution rates in monotreme mammals [PDF]
, 2017 In many species, spermatogenesis involves more cell divisions than oogenesis, and the male germline, therefore, accumulates more DNA replication errors, a phenomenon known as male mutation bias.
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, 1998 In his recent book, Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong, Jerry Fodor retracts the radical concept-nativism he once defended. Yet that position stood, virtually unchallenged, for more than twenty years.
Cowie, Fiona
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Hibernation in a Monotreme, the Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) [PDF]
, 1989 1. The body temperatures of five echidnas in Australia's Southern Alps were monitored by radio telemetry from February to December 1987. 2. All five hibernated throughout the winter, showing very low body temperatures (4-9 degrees C, close to ambient ...
Augee, ML, Beard, LA, Grigg, GC
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Pattern of the divergence of olfactory receptor genes during tetrapod evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The olfactory receptor (OR) multigene family is responsible for the sense of smell in vertebrate species. OR genes are scattered widely in our chromosomes and constitute one of the largest gene families in eutherian genomes.
Takushi Kishida
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Comparative Study Of The Antioxidant Defence Systems In The Erythrocytes Of Australian Marsupials And Monotremes [PDF]
, 1995 A comparison of the erythrocyte (RBC) antioxidant metabolites and enzymes in nine marsupial and two monotreme species was carried out. Reduced glutathione (GSH) concentrations were comparable with those reported for other marsupial and eutherian species.
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The Evolution of Endothermy and Its Diversity in Mammals and Birds [PDF]
, 2004 Many elements of mammalian and avian thermoregulatory mechanisms are present in reptiles and the changes involved in the transition to endothermy are more quantitative than qualitative.
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