title: Marsupials and monotremes sort genome treasures from junk.
abstract: A recent landmark paper demonstrates the unique contribution of marsupials and monotremes to comparative genome analysis, filling an evolutionary gap between the eutherian mammals (including humans) and more distant vertebrate species.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology and Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wakefield
authors.forename: Jennifer A M
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D023281:Genomics; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000235:genetics*; D009007:Monotremata / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA