Tracking marsupial evolution using archaic genomic retroposon insertions.

The Australasian and South American marsupial mammals, such as kangaroos and opossums, are the closest living relatives to placental mammals, having shared a common ancestor around 130 million years ago. The evolutionary relationships among the seven marsupial orders have, however, so far eluded res...

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Main Authors: Maria A Nilsson, Gennady Churakov, Mirjam Sommer, Ngoc Van Tran, Anja Zemann, Jürgen Brosius, Jürgen Schmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20668664/?tool=EBI