Evolution: Mislabeling marsupial development as primitive

Laura A.B. Wilson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.057

Evolution: Mislabeling marsupial development as primitive

Laura A.B. Wilson

School of Archaeology & Anthropology

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Compared to placentals, marsupial mammals have previously been considered primitive in terms of their reproductive biology. A new study suggests that, rather, marsupials represent a derived state of mammalian development, and the ancestral therian mammal developed like placentals do today.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R429-R431
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	33
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.057
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2023

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