Talk:Echidna Development

The evolutionary history of testicular externalization and the origin of the scrotum. Kleisner K, Ivell R, Flegr J. J Biosci. 2010 Mar;35(1):27-37. PMID: 20413907 [PubMed - in process]Free Article

2. Phylogenetic Origins of Early Alterations in Brain Region Proportions. Charvet CJ, Sandoval AL, Striedter GF. Brain Behav Evol. 2010 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20332607 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

3. Those other mammals: the immunoglobulins and T cell receptors of marsupials and monotremes. Miller RD. Semin Immunol. 2010 Feb;22(1):3-9. Epub 2009 Dec 8. Review. PMID: 20004116

4. Characterisation of monotreme caseins reveals lineage-specific expansion of an ancestral casein locus in mammals. Lefèvre CM, Sharp JA, Nicholas KR. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2009;21(8):1015-27. PMID: 19874726

5. Characterisation of ATRX, DMRT1, DMRT7 and WT1 in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Tsend-Ayush E, Lim SL, Pask AJ, Hamdan DD, Renfree MB, Grützner F. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2009;21(8):985-91. PMID: 19874722

6. Monotreme sex chromosomes--implications for the evolution of amniote sex chromosomes. Waters PD, Marshall Graves JA. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2009;21(8):943-51. Review. PMID: 19874718

7. Eggs, embryos and the evolution of imprinting: insights from the platypus genome. Renfree MB, Papenfuss AT, Shaw G, Pask AJ. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2009;21(8):935-42. Review. PMID: 19874717

8. The subventricular zone is the developmental milestone of a 6-layered neocortex: comparisons in metatherian and eutherian mammals. Cheung AF, Kondo S, Abdel-Mannan O, Chodroff RA, Sirey TM, Bluy LE, Webber N, DeProto J, Karlen SJ, Krubitzer L, Stolp HB, Saunders NR, Molnár Z. Cereb Cortex. 2010 May;20(5):1071-81. Epub 2009 Sep 2. PMID: 19726493 [PubMed - in process]

9. Understanding and utilising mammalian venom via a platypus venom transcriptome. Whittington CM, Koh JM, Warren WC, Papenfuss AT, Torres AM, Kuchel PW, Belov K. J Proteomics. 2009 Mar 6;72(2):155-64. Epub 2008 Dec 25. Review. PMID: 19152842

10. Analysis of the platypus genome suggests a transposon origin for mammalian imprinting. Pask AJ, Papenfuss AT, Ager EI, McColl KA, Speed TP, Renfree MB. Genome Biol. 2009;10(1):R1. Epub 2009 Jan 2. PMID: 19121219 11. Lung development of monotremes: evidence for the mammalian morphotype. Ferner K, Zeller U, Renfree MB. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2009 Feb;292(2):190-201. PMID: 19051249 Free Article

12. Platypus Pou5f1 reveals the first steps in the evolution of trophectoderm differentiation and pluripotency in mammals. Niwa H, Sekita Y, Tsend-Ayush E, Grützner F. Evol Dev. 2008 Nov-Dec;10(6):671-82. PMID: 19021737

13. The mammalian yolk sac placenta. Freyer C, Renfree MB. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2009 Sep 15;312(6):545-54. PMID: 18985616

14. Genomic imprinting in marsupial placentation. Renfree MB, Ager EI, Shaw G, Pask AJ. Reproduction. 2008 Nov;136(5):523-31. Epub 2008 Sep 19. Review. PMID: 18805821 Free Article

15. Evolution of the shell coat and yolk in amniotes: a marsupial perspective. Menkhorst E, Nation A, Cui S, Selwood L. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2009 Sep 15;312(6):625-38. PMID: 18800367

16. Reproductive biology in egg-laying mammals. Grützner F, Nixon B, Jones RC. Sex Dev. 2008;2(3):115-27. Epub 2008 Sep 3. Review. PMID: 18769071

17. Expression patterns of platypus defensin and related venom genes across a range of tissue types reveal the possibility of broader functions for OvDLPs than previously suspected. Whittington CM, Papenfuss AT, Kuchel PW, Belov K. Toxicon. 2008 Sep 15;52(4):559-65. Epub 2008 Jul 9. PMID: 18662710

18. Origin of INSL3-mediated testicular descent in therian mammals. Park JI, Semyonov J, Chang CL, Yi W, Warren W, Hsu SY. Genome Res. 2008 Jun;18(6):974-85. Epub 2008 May 7. PMID: 18463305 19. Hepatozoon tachyglossi in the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Ploeg RJ, Nicolson V, Pyne M, Webb R, O'Donoghue P. Aust Vet J. 2008 May;86(5):200-1. No abstract available. PMID: 18454841

20. Loss of egg yolk genes in mammals and the origin of lactation and placentation. Brawand D, Wahli W, Kaessmann H. PLoS Biol. 2008 Mar 18;6(3):e63. PMID: 18351802