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Early Developmental and Evolutionary Origins of Gene Body DNA Methylation Patterns in Mammalian Placentas by Schroeder, Diane I, Jayashankar, Kartika, Douglas, Kory C, Thirkill, Twanda L, York, Daniel, Dickinson, Pete J, Williams, Lawrence E, Samollow, Paul B, Ross, Pablo J, Bannasch, Danika L, Douglas, Gordon C, LaSalle, Janine M

“…Over the last 20-80 million years the mammalian placenta has taken on a variety of morphologies through both divergent and convergent evolution. Recently we…”
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Activation of Xist by an evolutionarily conserved function of KDM5C demethylase by Samanta, Milan Kumar, Gayen, Srimonta, Harris, Clair, Maclary, Emily, Murata-Nakamura, Yumie, Malcore, Rebecca M., Porter, Robert S., Garay, Patricia M., Vallianatos, Christina N., Samollow, Paul B., Iwase, Shigeki, Kalantry, Sundeep

“…XX female and XY male therian mammals equalize X-linked gene expression through the mitotically-stable transcriptional inactivation of one of the two X…”
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Nonlinear sequence similarity between the Xist and Rsx long noncoding RNAs suggests shared functions of tandem repeat domains by Sprague, Daniel, Waters, Shafagh A, Kirk, Jessime M, Wang, Jeremy R, Samollow, Paul B, Waters, Paul D, Calabrese, J Mauro

“…The marsupial inactive X chromosome expresses a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) called that has been proposed to be the functional analog of eutherian Despite the…”
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Conservation of Glutathione Transferase mRNA and Protein Sequences Similar to Human and Horse Alpha Class GST A3-3 across Dog, Goat, and Opossum Species by Hubert, Shawna M, Samollow, Paul B, Lindström, Helena, Mannervik, Bengt, Ing, Nancy H

“…The glutathione transferase A3-3 (GST A3-3) homodimeric enzyme is the most efficient enzyme that catalyzes isomerization of the precursors of testosterone,…”
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Genetic and genomic architecture in eight strains of the laboratory opossum Monodelphis domestica by Xiong, Xiao, Samollow, Paul B, Cao, Wenqi, Metz, Richard, Zhang, Chao, Leandro, Ana C, VandeBerg, John L, Wang, Xu

“…The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is an established laboratory-bred marsupial model for biomedical research. It is a critical species for…”
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Reconstructing an ancestral mammalian immune supercomplex from a marsupial major histocompatibility complex by Belov, Katherine, Deakin, Janine E, Papenfuss, Anthony T, Baker, Michelle L, Melman, Sandra D, Siddle, Hannah V, Gouin, Nicolas, Goode, David L, Sargeant, Tobias J, Robinson, Mark D, Wakefield, Matthew J, Mahony, Shaun, Cross, Joseph G R, Benos, Panayiotis V, Samollow, Paul B, Speed, Terence P, Graves, Jennifer A Marshall, Miller, Robert D

“…The first sequenced marsupial genome promises to reveal unparalleled insights into mammalian evolution. We have used the Monodelphis domestica (gray…”
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Linkage Mapping and Comparative Genomics of Red Drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) Using Next-Generation Sequencing by Hollenbeck, Christopher M, Portnoy, David S, Wetzel, Dana, Sherwood, Tracy A, Samollow, Paul B, Gold, John R

“…Developments in next-generation sequencing allow genotyping of thousands of genetic markers across hundreds of individuals in a cost-effective manner. Because…”
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Genomic imprinting does not reduce the dosage of UBE3A in neurons by Hillman, Paul R, Christian, Sarah G B, Doan, Ryan, Cohen, Noah D, Konganti, Kranti, Douglas, Kory, Wang, Xu, Samollow, Paul B, Dindot, Scott V

“…The ubiquitin protein E3A ligase gene ( ) gene is imprinted with maternal-specific expression in neurons and biallelically expressed in all other cell types…”
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High degree of conservation of the multigene tryptase locus over the past 150-200 million years of mammalian evolution by Reimer, Jenny M, Samollow, Paul B, Hellman, Lars

“…Activated mast cells release a number of potent inflammatory mediators including histamine, proteoglycans, cytokines, and serine proteases. The proteases…”
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Origin and Evolution of Marsupial-specific Imprinting Clusters Through Lineage-specific Gene Duplications and Acquisition of Promoter Differential Methylation by Cao, Wenqi, Douglas, Kory C, Samollow, Paul B, VandeBerg, John L, Wang, Xu, Clark, Andrew G

“…Genomic imprinting is a parent-of-origin-specific expression phenomenon that plays fundamental roles in many biological processes. In animals, imprinting is…”
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Meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica by Hornecker, Jacey L., Samollow, Paul B., Robinson, Edward S., VandeBerg, John L., McCarrey, John R.

“…In eutherian mammals, the X and Y chromosomes undergo meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) during spermatogenesis in males. However, following…”
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Localization of genes for V+LDL plasma cholesterol levels on two diets in the opossum Monodelphis domestica[S] by Kammerer, Candace M., Rainwater, David L., Gouin, Nicolas, Jasti, Madhuri, Douglas, Kory C., Dressen, Amy S., Ganta, Prasanth, VandeBerg, John L., Samollow, Paul B.

“…Plasma cholesterol levels among individuals vary considerably in response to diet. However, the genes that influence this response are largely unknown. Non-HDL…”
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Helicobacter monodelphidis sp. nov. and Helicobacter didelphidarum sp. nov., isolated from grey short-tailed opossums ( Monodelphis domestica ) with endemic cloacal prolapses by Shen, Zeli, Mannion, Anthony, Lin, Maggie, Esmail, Michael, Bakthavatchalu, Vasudevan, Yang, Stephanie, Ho, Calvin, Feng, Yan, Smith, Briony, Elliott, James, Gresham, Vince, VandeBerg, John L, Samollow, Paul B, Fox, James G

“…In a search for potential causes of increased prolapse incidence in grey short-tailed opossum colonies, samples from the gastrointestinal tracts of 94…”
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The opossum genome: insights and opportunities from an alternative mammal by Samollow, Paul B

“…The strategic importance of the genome sequence of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, accrues from both the unique phylogenetic position of…”
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Ecological uniqueness across multiple levels of biodiversity in a Chilean watershed by Bórquez, Jéssica, Sampertegui, Sandra, Wallberg, Britt N., Coral-Santacruz, Diana, Ruiz, Víctor H., Samollow, Paul B., Gouin, Nicolas, Bertin, Angéline

“…To effectively address biodiversity loss, it is essential to prioritize conservation efforts by identifying areas of high conservation value. Ecological…”
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Chromosome-wide profiling of X-chromosome inactivation and epigenetic states in fetal brain and placenta of the opossum, Monodelphis domestica by Wang, Xu, Douglas, Kory C, Vandeberg, John L, Clark, Andrew G, Samollow, Paul B

“…Evidence from a few genes in diverse species suggests that X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) in marsupials is characterized by exclusive, but leaky inactivation…”
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Rapid genetic and morphologic divergence between captive and wild populations of the endangered Leon Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus by Black, Andrew N., Seears, Heidi A., Hollenbeck, Christopher M., Samollow, Paul B.

“…The Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) is an endangered species currently restricted to a single desert spring and a separate captive habitat in…”
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Genome-wide linkage analysis of blood pressure in Mexican Americans by Atwood, Larry D., Samollow, Paul B., Hixson, James E., Stern, Michael P., MacCluer, Jean W.

“…The genetic mechanisms that control variation in blood pressure level are largely unknown. One of the first steps in understanding those mechanisms is the…”
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Evolution of the "OR37" subfamily of olfactory receptors: a cross-species comparison by Hoppe, Reiner, Lambert, Thomas D, Samollow, Paul B, Breer, Heinz, Strotmann, Joerg

“…Genes encoding the olfactory receptors of the "OR37" subfamily of the mouse are characterized by special features including a clustered expression pattern,…”
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Genome-wide histone state profiling of fibroblasts from the opossum, Monodelphis domestica, identifies the first marsupial-specific imprinted gene by Douglas, Kory C, Wang, Xu, Jasti, Madhuri, Wolff, Abigail, VandeBerg, John L, Clark, Andrew G, Samollow, Paul B

“…Imprinted genes have been extensively documented in eutherian mammals and found to exhibit significant interspecific variation in the suites of genes that are…”
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