We report a high-quality draft of the genome sequence of the grey, short-tailed opossum
(Monodelphis domestica). As the first metatherian ('marsupial') species to be sequenced, the …

GC-biased gene conversion (gBGC) is a process that tends to increase the GC content of
recombining DNA over evolutionary time and is thought to explain the evolution of GC …

Marsupials typically possess very large, distinctive chromosomes that make them excellent
subjects for cytogenetic analysis, and the high level of conservation makes it relatively easy …

The strategic importance of the genome sequence of the gray, short-tailed opossum,
Monodelphis domestica, accrues from both the unique phylogenetic position of metatherian …

Theories to explain the prevalence of sex and recombination have long been a central
theme of evolutionary biology. Yet despite decades of attention dedicated to the evolution of …

Recombination often differs markedly between males and females. Here we present the first
analysis of sex-specific recombination in Gasterosteus sticklebacks. Using whole-genome …

In recent years, planarians have been increasingly recognized as an emerging model
organism amenable to molecular genetic techniques aimed at understanding complex …

Mammalian spermatogenesis is a highly stereotyped and conserved developmental process
that is essential for fitness. At the same time, gene expression in spermatogenic cells is …

Marsupials are “alternative mammals” that differ from eutherians most spectacularly in their
mode of reproduction and sexual differentiation. They represent a 160-million-year-old …

Fossil evidence suggests that marsupials originated in North America, and dispersed to
South America and then Australia. However, it has been argued that marsupials may have …