Authors: Amber E Alsop Pat Miethke Ruth Rofe Edda Koina Natasha Sankovic Janine E Deakin Helen Haines Robert W Rapkins Jennifer A Marshall Graves
Publish Date: 2005/09/21
Volume: 13, Issue: 6, Pages: 627-636
Abstract
Marsupials occupy a phylogenetic middle ground that is very valuable in genome comparisons of mammal and other vertebrate species For this reason whole genome sequencing is being undertaken for two distantly related marsupial species including the model kangaroo species Macropus eugenii the tammar wallaby As a first step towards the molecular characterization of the tammar genome we present a detailed description of the tammar karyotype report the development of a set of molecular anchor markers and summarize the comparative mapping data for this species
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