Abstract
My studies of marsupial genetics and genomics over decades have revealed many unexpected truths about the human genome. The recent origins (and ignominious decline) of our sex chromosomes; what evolution tells us about the way blood proteins evolved to carry oxygen; our accidental discovery of many new human genes. But many times I have been asked, But what can genomics do for marsupials? Now we have an answer. The Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harissii, is the biggest marsupial carnivore since we extincted its relative, the Tasmanian tiger, in 1936.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 2pp |
| No. | February 2010 |
| Specialist publication | Australian Research and Development Review |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |