The genomes of the South American opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) encode a more complete purine catabolic pathway than placental mammals.

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Published in Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics on September 01, 2009

Authors

Alaine C Keebaugh1, James W Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Graduate program in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

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