TY - BOOK ID - 7688857 TI - Marsupial genetics and genomics AU - Deakin, Janine E. AU - Waters, Paul D. AU - Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall. PY - 2010 SN - 9400797400 9048190223 9048190231 1299407633 9789048190225 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Marsupials -- Cytogenetics. KW - Marsupials -- Genetics. KW - Marsupials KW - Zoology KW - Biology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Vertebrates KW - Genetics KW - Functional genomics KW - Genetics. KW - Functional genomics. KW - Marsupialia KW - Pouched animals KW - Life sciences. KW - Animal genetics. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Animal Genetics and Genomics. KW - Mammals UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7688857 AB - 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 devil, marsupial genetics and genomics research is even more important than ever if this species is to be saved from extinction. This volume recounts some of the history of research in this field and highlights the most recent advances in the many different areas of marsupial genetics and genomics research. ER -