Graves, JenniferRenfree, Marilyn B2015-12-131527-8204http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84728Marsupials are "alternative mammals" that differ from eutherians most spectacularly in their mode of reproduction and sexual differentiation. They represent a 160-million-year-old isolate from the more numerous eutherians, making them particularly valuablKeywords: untranslated RNA; animal health; bandicoot; chicken; chromosome G band; chromosome number; Dasyurid; DNA base composition; DNA footprinting; elephant; epigenetics; gene control; gene inactivation; gene mapping; gene sequence; genome imprinting; genomics; Chromosome evolution; Epigenetics; Marsupial reproduction and development; Sex chromosomes; Short-tailed opossum; Tammar wallaby201310.1146/annurev-genom-091212-1534522016-02-24