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The marsupial mitochondrial genome and the evolution of placental mammals.
Genetics - 1 May 1994
Janke A, Feldmaier-Fuchs G, Thomas W K, von Haeseler A, Pääbo S
Abstract excerpt
The entire nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the American opossum, Didelphis virginiana, was determined. Two major features distinguish this genome from those of other mammals. First, five tRNA genes around the origin of light strand replication are rearranged. Second, the anticodon of tRNA(Asp) is posttranscriptionally changed by an RNA editing process such that its coding capacity is altered....
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