Marsupials in the Age of Genomics

On the origin of POU5F1

(2013) Stephen Frankenberg et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Early cell lineage specification in a marsupial: a case for diverse mechanisms among mammals

(2013) S. Frankenberg et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Comparative Genomics Approach to Understanding Transmissible Cancer in Tasmanian Devils

(2012) Janine E. Deakin et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

HOXA13 and HOXD13 expression during development of the syndactylous digits in the marsupial Macropus eugenii

(2012) Keng Yih Chew et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Unique small RNA signatures uncovered in the tammar wallaby genome

(2012) James Lindsay et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Evolution of coding and non-coding genes in HOX clusters of a marsupial

(2012) Hongshi Yu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genome Sequencing and Analysis of the Tasmanian Devil and Its Transmissible Cancer

(2012) Elizabeth P. Murchison et al.   CELL

The Evolution of Marsupial and Monotreme Chromosomes

(2012) J.E. Deakin et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Low MHC class II diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

(2012) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Rsx is a metatherian RNA with Xist-like properties in X-chromosome inactivation

(2012) Jennifer Grant et al.   NATURE

The origin and evolution of genomic imprinting and viviparity in mammals

(2012) M. B. Renfree et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Limited Genetic Diversity Preceded Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger

(2012) Brandon R. Menzies et al.   PLoS One

Extreme Telomere Length Dimorphism in the Tasmanian Devil and Related Marsupials Suggests Parental Control of Telomere Length

(2012) Hannah S. Bender et al.   PLoS One

The tammar wallaby: A model system to examine domain-specific delivery of milk protein bioactives

(2012) Kevin Nicholas et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Selected imprinting of INS in the marsupial

(2012) Jessica M Stringer et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

Genomic Restructuring in the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour: Chromosome Painting and Gene Mapping Provide Clues to Evolution of a Transmissible Tumour

(2012) Janine E. Deakin et al.   PLoS Genetics

A second-generation anchored genetic linkage map of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

(2011) Chenwei Wang et al.   BMC GENETICS

The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability

(2011) Hannah V Siddle et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A first-generation integrated tammar wallaby map and its use in creating a tammar wallaby first-generation virtual genome map

(2011) Chenwei Wang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A cross-species comparison of escape from X inactivation in Eutheria: implications for evolution of X chromosome inactivation

(2011) Shafagh Al Nadaf et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Evolutionary history of novel genes on the tammar wallaby Y chromosome: Implications for sex chromosome evolution

(2011) V. J. Murtagh et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

X-inactivation and X-reactivation: epigenetic hallmarks of mammalian reproduction and pluripotent stem cells

(2011) Bernhard Payer et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

An X chromosome MicroRNA Cluster in the Marsupial Species Monodelphis domestica

(2011) Eric J. Devor et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Recent Amplification of the Kangaroo Endogenous Retrovirus, KERV, Limited to the Centromere

(2011) G. C. Ferreri et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Maturation of the growth axis in marsupials occurs gradually during post-natal life and over an equivalent developmental stage relative to eutherian species

(2011) Brandon R. Menzies et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals

(2011) Zhe-Xi Luo et al.   NATURE

Evolution from XIST-Independent to XIST-Controlled X-Chromosome Inactivation: Epigenetic Modifications in Distantly Related Mammals

(2011) Julie Chaumeil et al.   PLoS One

Allorecognition in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an Endangered Marsupial Species with Limited Genetic Diversity

(2011) Alexandre Kreiss et al.   PLoS One

Ancient Antimicrobial Peptides Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens: Australian Mammals Provide New Options

(2011) Jianghui Wang et al.   PLoS One

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)

(2011) W. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Tumor-Specific Diagnostic Marker for Transmissible Facial Tumors of Tasmanian Devils

(2011) C. Tovar et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Placental expression of pituitary hormones is an ancestral feature of therian mammals

(2011) Brandon R Menzies et al.   EvoDevo

Activity map of the tammar X chromosome shows that marsupial X inactivation is incomplete and escape is stochastic

(2011) Shafagh Al Nadaf et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development

(2011) Marilyn B Renfree et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Developmental origins of precocial forelimbs in marsupial neonates

(2010) A. L. Keyte et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Platypus Pou5f1 reveals the first steps in the evolution of trophectoderm differentiation and pluripotency in mammals

(2010) Hitoshi Niwa et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

The effect of pregnant and oestrous females on male testosterone and behaviour in the tammar wallaby

(2010) Nanette Y. Schneider et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Alternative lengthening of telomeres: models, mechanisms and implications

(2010) Anthony J. Cesare et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Review: Marsupials: Placental Mammals with a Difference

(2010) M.B. Renfree   PLACENTA

Epigenetic modifications on X chromosomes in marsupial and monotreme mammals and implications for evolution of dosage compensation

(2010) Willem Rens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Tasmanian Devil Transcriptome Reveals Schwann Cell Origins of a Clonally Transmissible Cancer

(2010) E. P. Murchison et al.   SCIENCE

Specific patterns of histone marks accompany X chromosome inactivation in a marsupial

(2009) Edda Koina et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Unravelling the evolutionary origins of X chromosome inactivation in mammals: insights from marsupials and monotremes

(2009) Janine E. Deakin et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Physical mapping of the elephant X chromosome: conservation of gene order over 105 million years

(2009) Claudia Leticia Rodríguez Delgado et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Key Features of the X Inactivation Process Are Conserved between Marsupials and Eutherians

(2009) Shantha K. Mahadevaiah et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The evolution of class V POU domain transcription factors in vertebrates and their characterisation in a marsupial

(2009) Stephen Frankenberg et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The mitochondrial genome sequence of the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

(2009) W. Miller et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

(2009)   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

The olfactory system of the tammar wallaby is developed at birth and directs the neonate to its mother's pouch odours

(2009) Nanette Y Schneider et al.   REPRODUCTION

Weird Animal Genomes and the Evolution of Vertebrate Sex and Sex Chromosomes

(2008) Jennifer A. Marshall Graves   Annual Review of Genetics

Genomic imprinting of IGF2 in marsupials is methylation dependent

(2008) Betty R Lawton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Bird-like sex chromosomes of platypus imply recent origin of mammal sex chromosomes

(2008) F. Veyrunes et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Conservation of the H19 noncoding RNA and H19-IGF2 imprinting mechanism in therians

(2008) Guillaume Smits et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Resurrection of DNA Function In Vivo from an Extinct Genome

(2008) Andrew J. Pask et al.   PLoS One

Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations

(2008) M. E. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic imprinting in marsupial placentation

(2008) Marilyn B Renfree et al.   REPRODUCTION

The Status of Dosage Compensation in the Multiple X Chromosomes of the Platypus

(2008) Janine E. Deakin et al.   PLoS Genetics