Didelphis albiventris: an overview of unprecedented transcriptome sequencing of the white-eared opossum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is widely distributed throughout Brazil and South America. It has been used as an animal model for studying different scientific questions ranging from the restoration of degraded green areas to medical aspects of Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and resistance against snake venom. As a marsupial, D. albiventris can also contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that govern the different stages of organogenesis. Opossum joeys are born after only 13 days, and the final stages of organogenesis occur when the neonates are inside the pouch, depending on lactation. As neither the genome of this opossum species nor its transcriptome has been completely sequenced, the use of D. albiventris as an animal model is limi

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos IGD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858782 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature