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Provedor de dados: | 74
País: | Brazil
Título: | American marsupials chromosomes: why study them?
Autores: | Svartman,Marta.
Data: | 2009-01-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Marsupials; Cytogenetics; Chromosome evolution.
Resumo: | Marsupials, one of the three main groups of mammals, are only found in Australia and in the American continent. Studies performed in Australian marsupials have demonstrated the great potential provided by the group for the understanding of basic genetic mechanisms and chromosome evolution in mammals. Genetic studies in American marsupials are relatively scarce and cytogenetic data of most species are restricted to karyotype descriptions, usually without banding patterns. Nevertheless, the first marsupial genome sequenced was that of Monodelphis domestica, a South American species. The knowledge about mammalian genome evolution and function that resulted from studies on M. domestica is in sharp contrast with the lack of genetic data on most American marsupial species. Here, we present an overview of the chromosome studies performed in marsupials with emphasis on the South American species.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000400002
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
Relação: | 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000084
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Genetics and Molecular Biology  v.32 n.4 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess