| Description |
xix, 519 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Breeding and genetic management of captive marsupial populations / Emily J. Miller and Catherine A. Herbert -- The conserved marsupial karyotype : chromosome painting and evolution / Willem Rens and Malcolm Ferguson-Smith -- Marsupial centomeres and telomeres : dynamic chromosome domains / Dawn M. Carone and Rachel J. O'Neill -- Marsupial linkage maps / Paul B. Samollow -- Physical and comparative gene maps in marsupials / Janine E. Deakin -- Marsupial sequencing projects and bioinformatics challenges / Anthony T. Papenfuss, Arthur Hsu, and Matthew Wakefield -- Insight into evolution of gene regulation networks from the opossum genome / Matthew J. Wakefield and Anthony T. Papenfuss -- Organization and evolution of the marsupial X chromosome / Hardip R. Patel, Margaret L. Delbridge, and Jennifer A.M. Graves -- Gene content of the mammalian X chromosome / Margaret L. Delbridge -- Marsupial sex chromosome behaviour during male meiosis / Ra©ðl Fern©Łndez-Donoso ... [et al.] -- Compact but complex - the marsupial Y chromosome / Veronica J. Murtagh, Paul D. Waters, and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves -- The evolution of genomic imprinting - a marsupial perspective / Timothy A. Hore ... [et al.] -- Marsupial genetics reveals insights into evolution of mammalian X chromosome inactivation / Shafagh Al Nadaf ... [et al.] -- Molecular regulation of marsupial reproduction and development / Andrew J. Pask and Marilyn B. Renfree -- Marsupial milk - identifying signals for regulating mammary function and development of the young / Julie A. Sharp ... [et al.] -- The marsupial major histocompatibility complex / Yuanyuan Cheng, Hannah V. Siddle, and Katherine Belov -- Marsupial immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genomics / Michelle L. Baker, Xinxin Wang, and Robert D. Miller -- Use of genomic information to gain insights into immune function in marsupials : a review of divergent immune genes / Katrina Morris, Emily S.W. Wong, and Katherine Belov -- Visual pigments and colour vision in marsupials and monotremes / Samir S. Deeb -- The evolutionary history of globin genes : insights from marsupials and monotremes / Vidushi S. Patel and Janine E. Deakin -- The olfactory receptor gene family of marsupials / Margaret L. Delbridge, Amir Mohammadi, and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves -- Marsupial population and conservation genetics / Mark D.B. Eldridge -- Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) : using genetics and genomics to investigate infectious disease in an endangered marsupial / Hannah S. Bender |
| Summary |
Marsupials belong to the Class Mammalia, sharing some features with other mammals, yet they also possess many unique features. It is their differences from the more traditionally studied mammals, such as mice and humans, that is of greatest value to comparative studies. Sequencing of genomes from two distantly related marsupials, the short grey-tailed opossum from South America and the Australian tammar wallaby, has launched marsupials into the genomics era and accelerated the rate of progress in marsupial research. With the current worldwide concern for the plight of the endangered Tasmanian |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Marsupials -- Functional genomics.
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Marsupials -- Genetics.
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| Author |
Deakin, Janine E.
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Waters, Paul D. (Paul Damian)
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Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall.
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| LC no. |
2010928910 |
| ISBN |
9789048190225 hardback |
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9048190223 hardback |
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