Gene expression profiling of postnatal lung development in the marsupial gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) highlights conserved developmental pathways and specific characteristics during lung organogenesis.
Vengamanaidu ModepalliAmit KumarJulie A SharpNorman R SaundersKevin R NicholasChristophe M LefèvrePublished in: BMC genomics (2018)
The results provide insights into marsupial lung development and support the potential of the marsupial model of postnatal development towards better understanding of the evolution of the mammalian bronchioalveolar lung.