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Lindblad-Toh, K., 2020. What animals can teach us about evolution, the human genome, and human disease. Ups J Med Sci 1–9. doi:10.1080/03009734.2020.1722298

Megquier, K., Turner-Maier, J., Swofford, R., Kim, J.-H., Sarver, A.L., Wang, C., Sakthikumar, S., Johnson, J., Koltookian, M., Lewellen, M., Scott, M.C., Schulte, A.J., Borst, L., Tonomura, N., Alföldi, J., Painter, C., Thomas, R., Karlsson, E.K., Breen, M., Modiano, J.F., Elvers, I., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2019. Comparative Genomics Reveals Shared Mutational Landscape in Canine Hemangiosarcoma and Human Angiosarcoma. Mol Cancer Res 17, 2410–2421. doi:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-19-0221

Megquier, K., Genereux, D.P., Hekman, J., Swofford, R., Turner-Maier, J., Johnson, J., Alonso, J., Li, X., Morrill, K., Anguish, L.J., Koltookian, M., Logan, B., Sharp, C.R., Ferrer, L., Lindblad-Toh, K., Meyers-Wallen, V.N., Hoffman, A., Karlsson, E.K., 2019. BarkBase: Epigenomic Annotation of Canine Genomes. Genes (Basel) 10. doi:10.3390/genes10060433

Farias, F.H.G., Dahlqvist, J., Kozyrev, S.V., Leonard, D., Wilbe, M., Abramov, S.N., Alexsson, A., Pielberg, G.R., Hansson-Hamlin, H., Andersson, G., Tandre, K., Bengtsson, A.A., Sjowall, C., Svenungsson, E., Gunnarsson, I., Rantapaa-Dahlqvist, S., Syvänen, A.-C., Sandling, J.K., Eloranta, M.-L., Rönnblom, L., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2019. A rare regulatory variant in the MEF2D gene affects gene regulation and splicing and is associated with a SLE sub-phenotype in Swedish cohorts. Eur J Hum Genet 27, 432–441. doi:10.1038/s41431-018-0297-x

Chen, J., Swofford, R., Johnson, J., Cummings, B.B., Rogel, N., Lindblad-Toh, K., Haerty, W., Palma, F.D., Regev, A., 2019. A quantitative framework for characterizing the evolutionary history of mammalian gene expression. Genome Research 29, 53–63. doi:10.1101/gr.237636.118

Biasoli, D., Compston-Garnett, L., Ricketts, S.L., Birand, Z., Courtay-Cahen, C., Fineberg, E., Arendt, M., Boerkamp, K., Melin, M., Koltookian, M., Murphy, S., Rutteman, G., Lindblad-Toh, K., Starkey, M., 2019. A synonymous germline variant in a gene encoding a cell adhesion molecule is associated with cutaneous mast cell tumour development in Labrador and Golden Retrievers. PLoS Genet 15, e1007967.

Sakthikumar, S., Elvers, I., Kim, J., Arendt, M.L., Thomas, R., Turner-Maier, J., Swofford, R., Johnson, J., Schumacher, S.E., Alföldi, J., Axelsson, E., Couto, C.G., Kisseberth, W.C., Pettersson, M.E., Getz, G., Meadows, J.R.S., Modiano, J.F., Breen, M., Kierczak, M., Forsberg-Nilsson, K., Marinescu, V.D., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2018. SETD2 Is Recurrently Mutated in Whole-Exome Sequenced Canine Osteosarcoma. Cancer Res 78, 3421–3431. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-3558

Bremer, H.D., Landegren, N., Sjoberg, R., Hallgren, A., Renneker, S., Lattwein, E., Leonard, D., Eloranta, M.-L., Rönnblom, L., Nordmark, G., Nilsson, P., Andersson, G., Lilliehook, I., Lindblad-Toh, K., Kämpe, O., Hansson-Hamlin, H., 2018. ILF2 and ILF3 are autoantigens in canine systemic autoimmune disease. Sci Rep 8, 4852. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23034-w

Noh, H.J., Tang, R., Flannick, J., O’Dushlaine, C., Swofford, R., Howrigan, D., Genereux, D.P., Johnson, J., van Grootheest, G., Grunblatt, E., Andersson, E., Djurfeldt, D.R., Patel, P.D., Koltookian, M., M Hultman, C., Pato, M.T., Pato, C.N., Rasmussen, S.A., Jenike, M.A., Hanna, G.L., Stewart, S.E., Knowles, J.A., Ruhrmann, S., Grabe, H.-J., Wagner, M., Ruck, C., Mathews, C.A., Walitza, S., Cath, D.C., Feng, G., Karlsson, E.K., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2017. Integrating evolutionary and regulatory information with a multispecies approach implicates genes and pathways in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nature Communications 8, 774. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00831-x

Meadows, J.R.S., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2017. Dissecting evolution and disease using comparative vertebrate genomics. Nat Rev Genet 18, 624–636. doi:10.1038/nrg.2017.51

Ivansson, E.L., Megquier, K., Kozyrev, S.V., Murén, E., Körberg, I.B., Swofford, R., Koltookian, M., Tonomura, N., Zeng, R., Kolicheski, A.L., Hansen, L., Katz, M.L., Johnson, G.C., Johnson, G.S., Coates, J.R., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2016. Variants within the SP110 nuclear body protein modify risk of canine degenerative myelopathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113, E3091–100. doi:10.1073/pnas.1600084113

Melin, M., Rivera, P., Arendt, M., Elvers, I., Murén, E., Gustafson, U., Starkey, M., Borge, K.S., Lingaas, F., Häggström, J., Saellström, S., Rönnberg, H., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2016. Genome-Wide Analysis Identifies Germ-Line Risk Factors Associated with Canine Mammary Tumours. PLoS Genet 12, e1006029.

Truve, K., Dickinson, P., Xiong, A., York, D., Jayashankar, K., Pielberg, G., Koltookian, M., Murén, E., Fuxelius, H.-H., Weishaupt, H., Swartling, F.J., Andersson, G., Hedhammar, Å., Bongcam-Rudloff, E., Forsberg-Nilsson, K., Bannasch, D., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2016. Utilizing the Dog Genome in the Search for Novel Candidate Genes Involved in Glioma Development-Genome Wide Association Mapping followed by Targeted Massive Parallel Sequencing Identifies a Strongly Associated Locus. PLoS Genet 12, e1006000.

Braasch, I., Gehrke, A.R., Smith, J.J., Kawasaki, K., Manousaki, T., Pasquier, J., Amores, A., Desvignes, T., Batzel, P., Catchen, J., Berlin, A.M., Campbell, M.S., Barrell, D., Martin, K.J., Mulley, J.F., Ravi, V., Lee, A.P., Nakamura, T., Chalopin, D., Fan, S., Wcisel, D., Canestro, C., Sydes, J., Beaudry, F.E.G., Sun, Y., Hertel, J., Beam, M.J., Fasold, M., Ishiyama, M., Johnson, J., Kehr, S., Lara, M., Letaw, J.H., Litman, G.W., Litman, R.T., Mikami, M., Ota, T., Saha, N.R., Williams, L., Stadler, P.F., Wang, H., Taylor, J.S., Fontenot, Q., Ferrara, A., Searle, S.M.J., Aken, B., Yandell, M., Schneider, I., Yoder, J.A., Volff, J.-N., Meyer, A., Amemiya, C.T., Venkatesh, B., Holland, P.W.H., Guiguen, Y., Bobe, J., Shubin, N.H., Di Palma, F., Alföldi, J., Lindblad-Toh, K., Postlethwait, J.H., 2016. The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons. Nat Genet 48, 427–437. doi:10.1038/ng.3526

Elvers, I., Turner-Maier, J., Swofford, R., Koltookian, M., Johnson, J., Stewart, C., Zhang, C.-Z., Schumacher, S.E., Beroukhim, R., Rosenberg, M., Thomas, R., Mauceli, E., Getz, G., Palma, F.D., Modiano, J.F., Breen, M., Lindblad-Toh, K., Alföldi, J., 2015. Exome sequencing of lymphomas from three dog breeds reveals somatic mutation patterns reflecting genetic background. Genome Research 25, 1634–1645. doi:10.1101/gr.194449.115

Arendt, M.L., Melin, M., Tonomura, N., Koltookian, M., Courtay-Cahen, C., Flindall, N., Bass, J., Boerkamp, K., Megquir, K., Youell, L., Murphy, S., McCarthy, C., London, C., Rutteman, G.R., Starkey, M., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2015. Genome-Wide Association Study of Golden Retrievers Identifies Germ-Line Risk Factors Predisposing to Mast Cell Tumours. PLoS Genet 11, e1005647.

Vieira, N.M., Elvers, I., Alexander, M.S., Moreira, Y.B., Eran, A., Gomes, J.P., Marshall, J.L., Karlsson, E.K., Verjovski-Almeida, S., Lindblad-Toh, K., Kunkel, L.M., Zatz, M., 2015. Jagged 1 Rescues the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Phenotype. Cell 163, 1204–1213. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.049

Wilbe, M., Kozyrev, S.V., Farias, F.H.G., Bremer, H.D., Hedlund, A., Pielberg, G.R., Seppala, E.H., Gustafson, U., Lohi, H., Carlborg, O., Andersson, G., Hansson-Hamlin, H., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2015. Multiple Changes of Gene Expression and Function Reveal Genomic and Phenotypic Complexity in SLE-like Disease. PLoS Genet 11, e1005248.

Webster, M.T., Kamgari, N., Perloski, M., Hoeppner, M.P., Axelsson, E., Hedhammar, Å., Pielberg, G., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2015. Linked genetic variants on chromosome 10 control ear morphology and body mass among dog breeds. BMC Genomics 16, 474. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1702-2

Tonomura, N., Elvers, I., Thomas, R., Megquier, K., Turner-Maier, J., Howald, C., Sarver, A.L., Swofford, R., Frantz, A.M., Ito, D., Mauceli, E., Arendt, M., Noh, H.J., Koltookian, M., Biagi, T., Fryc, S., Williams, C., Avery, A.C., Kim, J.-H., Barber, L., Burgess, K., Lander, E.S., Karlsson, E.K., Azuma, C., Modiano, J.F., Breen, M., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2015. Genome-wide association study identifies shared risk loci common to two malignancies in golden retrievers. PLoS Genet 11, e1004922.

Tang, R., Noh, H.J., Wang, D., Sigurdsson, S., Swofford, R., Perloski, M., Duxbury, M., Patterson, E.E., Albright, J., Castelhano, M., Auton, A., Boyko, A.R., Feng, G., Lindblad-Toh, K., Karlsson, E.K., 2014. Candidate genes and functional noncoding variants identified in a canine model of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Genome Biology 15, R25. doi:10.1186/gb-2014-15-3-r25

Arendt, M., Fall, T., Lindblad-Toh, K., Axelsson, E., 2014. Amylase activity is associated with AMY2B copy numbers in dog: implications for dog domestication, diet and diabetes. Anim Genet 45, 716–722. doi:10.1111/age.12179

Carneiro, M., Rubin, C.-J., Di Palma, F., Albert, F.W., Alföldi, J., Martinez Barrio, A., Pielberg, G., Rafati, N., Sayyab, S., Turner-Maier, J., Younis, S., Afonso, S., Aken, B., Alves, J.M., Barrell, D., Bolet, G., Boucher, S., Burbano, H.A., Campos, R., Chang, J.L., Duranthon, V., Fontanesi, L., Garreau, H., Heiman, D., Johnson, J., Mage, R.G., Peng, Z., Queney, G., Rogel-Gaillard, C., Ruffier, M., Searle, S., Villafuerte, R., Xiong, A., Young, S., Forsberg-Nilsson, K., Good, J.M., Lander, E.S., Ferrand, N., Lindblad-Toh, K., Andersson, L., 2014. Rabbit genome analysis reveals a polygenic basis for phenotypic change during domestication. Science 345, 1074–1079. doi:10.1126/science.1253714

Hoeppner, M.P., Lundquist, A., Pirun, M., Meadows, J.R.S., Zamani, N., Johnson, J., Sundstrom, G., Cook, A., FitzGerald, M.G., Swofford, R., Mauceli, E., Moghadam, B.T., Greka, A., Alföldi, J., Abouelleil, A., Aftuck, L., Bessette, D., Berlin, A., Brown, A., Gearin, G., Lui, A., Macdonald, J.P., Priest, M., Shea, T., Turner-Maier, J., Zimmer, A., Lander, E.S., Di Palma, F., Lindblad-Toh, K., Grabherr, M.G., 2014. An improved canine genome and a comprehensive catalogue of coding genes and non-coding transcripts. PLoS ONE 9, e91172.

Karlsson, E.K., Sigurdsson, S., Ivansson, E., Thomas, R., Elvers, I., Wright, J., Howald, C., Tonomura, N., Perloski, M., Swofford, R., Biagi, T., Fryc, S., Anderson, N., Courtay-Cahen, C., Youell, L., Ricketts, S.L., Mandlebaum, S., Rivera, P., Euler, von, H., Kisseberth, W.C., London, C.A., Lander, E.S., Couto, G., Comstock, K., Starkey, M.P., Modiano, J.F., Breen, M., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2013. Genome-wide analyses implicate 33 loci in heritable dog osteosarcoma, including regulatory variants near CDKN2A/B. Genome Biology 14, R132. doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-12-r132

Alföldi, J., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2013. Comparative genomics as a tool to understand evolution and disease. Genome Research 23, 1063–1068. doi:10.1101/gr.157503.113

Amemiya, C.T., Alföldi, J., Lee, A.P., Fan, S., Philippe, H., MacCallum, I., Braasch, I., Manousaki, T., Schneider, I., Rohner, N., Organ, C., Chalopin, D., Smith, J.J., Robinson, M., Dorrington, R.A., Gerdol, M., Aken, B., Biscotti, M.A., Barucca, M., Baurain, D., Berlin, A.M., Blatch, G.L., Buonocore, F., Burmester, T., Campbell, M.S., Canapa, A., Cannon, J.P., Christoffels, A., De Moro, G., Edkins, A.L., Fan, L., Fausto, A.M., Feiner, N., Forconi, M., Gamieldien, J., Gnerre, S., Gnirke, A., Goldstone, J.V., Haerty, W., Hahn, M.E., Hesse, U., Hoffmann, S., Johnson, J., Karchner, S.I., Kuraku, S., Lara, M., Levin, J.Z., Litman, G.W., Mauceli, E., Miyake, T., Mueller, M.G., Nelson, D.R., Nitsche, A., Olmo, E., Ota, T., Pallavicini, A., Panji, S., Picone, B., Ponting, C.P., Prohaska, S.J., Przybylski, D., Saha, N.R., Ravi, V., Ribeiro, F.J., Sauka-Spengler, T., Scapigliati, G., Searle, S.M.J., Sharpe, T., Simakov, O., Stadler, P.F., Stegeman, J.J., Sumiyama, K., Tabbaa, D., Tafer, H., Turner-Maier, J., van Heusden, P., White, S., Williams, L., Yandell, M., Brinkmann, H., Volff, J.-N., Tabin, C.J., Shubin, N., Schartl, M., Jaffe, D.B., Postlethwait, J.H., Venkatesh, B., Di Palma, F., Lander, E.S., Meyer, A., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2013. The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution. Nature 496, 311–316. doi:10.1038/nature12027

Axelsson, E., Ratnakumar, A., Arendt, M.-L., Maqbool, K., Webster, M.T., Perloski, M., Liberg, O., Arnemo, J.M., Hedhammar, Å., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2013. The genomic signature of dog domestication reveals adaptation to a starch-rich diet. Nature 495, 360–364. doi:10.1038/nature11837

Larson, G., Karlsson, E.K., Perri, A., Webster, M.T., Ho, S.Y.W., Peters, J., Stahl, P.W., Piper, P.J., Lingaas, F., Fredholm, M., Comstock, K.E., Modiano, J.F., Schelling, C., Agoulnik, A.I., Leegwater, P.A., Dobney, K., Vigne, J.-D., Vila, C., Andersson, L., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2012. Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109, 8878–8883. doi:10.1073/pnas.1203005109

Axelsson, E., Webster, M.T., Ratnakumar, A., Ponting, C.P., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2012. Death of PRDM9 coincides with stabilization of the recombination landscape in the dog genome. Genome Research 22, 51–63. doi:10.1101/gr.124123.111

Jones, F.C., Grabherr, M.G., Chan, Y.F., Russell, P., Mauceli, E., Johnson, J., Swofford, R., Pirun, M., Zody, M.C., White, S., Birney, E., Searle, S., Schmutz, J., Grimwood, J., Dickson, M.C., Myers, R.M., Miller, C.T., Summers, B.R., Knecht, A.K., Brady, S.D., Zhang, H., Pollen, A.A., Howes, T., Amemiya, C., Baldwin, J., Bloom, T., Jaffe, D.B., Nicol, R., Wilkinson, J., Lander, E.S., Di Palma, F., Lindblad-Toh, K., Kingsley, D.M., 2012. The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks. Nature 484, 55–61. doi:10.1038/nature10944

Lindblad-Toh, K., Garber, M., Zuk, O., Lin, M.F., Parker, B.J., Washietl, S., Kheradpour, P., Ernst, J., Jordan, G., Mauceli, E., Ward, L.D., Lowe, C.B., Holloway, A.K., Clamp, M., Gnerre, S., Alföldi, J., Beal, K., Chang, J., Clawson, H., Cuff, J., Di Palma, F., Fitzgerald, S., Flicek, P., Guttman, M., Hubisz, M.J., Jaffe, D.B., Jungreis, I., Kent, W.J., Kostka, D., Lara, M., Martins, A.L., Massingham, T., Moltke, I., Raney, B.J., Rasmussen, M.D., Robinson, J., Stark, A., Vilella, A.J., Wen, J., Xie, X., Zody, M.C., Baldwin, J., Bloom, T., Chin, C.W., Heiman, D., Nicol, R., Nusbaum, C., Young, S., Wilkinson, J., Worley, K.C., Kovar, C.L., Muzny, D.M., Gibbs, R.A., Cree, A., Dihn, H.H., Fowler, G., Jhangiani, S., Joshi, V., Lee, S., Lewis, L.R., Nazareth, L.V., Okwuonu, G., Santibanez, J., Warren, W.C., Mardis, E.R., Weinstock, G.M., Wilson, R.K., Delehaunty, K., Dooling, D., Fronik, C., Fulton, L., Fulton, B., Graves, T., Minx, P., Sodergren, E., Birney, E., Margulies, E.H., Herrero, J., Green, E.D., Haussler, D., Siepel, A., Goldman, N., Pollard, K.S., Pedersen, J.S., Lander, E.S., Kellis, M., 2011. A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals. Nature 478, 476–482. doi:10.1038/nature10530

Olsson, M., Meadows, J.R.S., Truve, K., Rosengren Pielberg, G., Puppo, F., Mauceli, E., Quilez, J., Tonomura, N., Zanna, G., Docampo, M.J., Bassols, A., Avery, A.C., Karlsson, E.K., Thomas, A., Kastner, D.L., Bongcam-Rudloff, E., Webster, M.T., Sanchez, A., Hedhammar, Å., Remmers, E.F., Andersson, L., Ferrer, L., Tintle, L., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2011. A novel unstable duplication upstream of HAS2 predisposes to a breed-defining skin phenotype and a periodic fever syndrome in Chinese Shar-Pei dogs. PLoS Genet 7, e1001332. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001332

Lowe, C.B., Kellis, M., Siepel, A., Raney, B.J., Clamp, M., Salama, S.R., Kingsley, D.M., Lindblad-Toh, K., Haussler, D., 2011. Three periods of regulatory innovation during vertebrate evolution. Science 333, 1019–1024. doi:10.1126/science.1202702

Alföldi, J., Di Palma, F., Grabherr, M., Williams, C., Kong, L., Mauceli, E., Russell, P., Lowe, C.B., Glor, R.E., Jaffe, J.D., Ray, D.A., Boissinot, S., Shedlock, A.M., Botka, C., Castoe, T.A., Colbourne, J.K., Fujita, M.K., Moreno, R.G., Hallers, ten, B.F., Haussler, D., Heger, A., Heiman, D., Janes, D.E., Johnson, J., de Jong, P.J., Koriabine, M.Y., Lara, M., Novick, P.A., Organ, C.L., Peach, S.E., Poe, S., Pollock, D.D., de Queiroz, K., Sanger, T., Searle, S., Smith, J.D., Smith, Z., Swofford, R., Turner-Maier, J., Wade, J., Young, S., Zadissa, A., Edwards, S.V., Glenn, T.C., Schneider, C.J., Losos, J.B., Lander, E.S., Breen, M., Ponting, C.P., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2011. The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals. Nature 477, 587–591. doi:10.1038/nature10390

Meurs, K.M., Mauceli, E., Lahmers, S., Acland, G.M., White, S.N., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2010. Genome-wide association identifies a deletion in the 3′ untranslated region of striatin in a canine model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Hum Genet 128, 315–324. doi:10.1007/s00439-010-0855-y

Wilbe, M., Jokinen, P., Truve, K., Seppala, E.H., Karlsson, E.K., Biagi, T., Hughes, A., Bannasch, D., Andersson, G., Hansson-Hamlin, H., Lohi, H., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2010. Genome-wide association mapping identifies multiple loci for a canine SLE-related disease complex. Nat Genet 42, 250–254. doi:10.1038/ng.525

Rivera, P., Melin, M., Biagi, T., Fall, T., Häggström, J., Lindblad-Toh, K., Euler, von, H., 2009. Mammary tumor development in dogs is associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2. Cancer Res 69, 8770–8774. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1725

Awano, T., Johnson, G.S., Wade, C.M., Katz, M.L., Johnson, G.C., Taylor, J.F., Perloski, M., Biagi, T., Baranowska, I., Long, S., March, P.A., Olby, N.J., Shelton, G.D., Khan, S., O’Brien, D.P., Lindblad-Toh, K., Coates, J.R., 2009. Genome-wide association analysis reveals a SOD1 mutation in canine degenerative myelopathy that resembles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106, 2794–2799. doi:10.1073/pnas.0812297106

Karlsson, E.K., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2008. Leader of the pack: gene mapping in dogs and other model organisms. Nat Rev Genet 9, 713–725. doi:10.1038/nrg2382

Miller, W., Rosenbloom, K., Hardison, R.C., Hou, M., Taylor, J., Raney, B., Burhans, R., King, D.C., Baertsch, R., Blankenberg, D., Kosakovsky Pond, S.L., Nekrutenko, A., Giardine, B., Harris, R.S., Tyekucheva, S., Diekhans, M., Pringle, T.H., Murphy, W.J., Lesk, A., Weinstock, G.M., Lindblad-Toh, K., Gibbs, R.A., Lander, E.S., Siepel, A., Haussler, D., Kent, W.J., 2007. 28-way vertebrate alignment and conservation track in the UCSC Genome Browser. Genome Research 17, 1797–1808. doi:10.1101/gr.6761107

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Mikkelsen, T.S., Wakefield, M.J., Aken, B., Amemiya, C.T., Chang, J.L., Duke, S., Garber, M., Gentles, A.J., Goodstadt, L., Heger, A., Jurka, J., Kamal, M., Mauceli, E., Searle, S.M.J., Sharpe, T., Baker, M.L., Batzer, M.A., Benos, P.V., Belov, K., Clamp, M., Cook, A., Cuff, J., Das, R., Davidow, L., Deakin, J.E., Fazzari, M.J., Glass, J.L., Grabherr, M., Greally, J.M., Gu, W., Hore, T.A., Huttley, G.A., Kleber, M., Jirtle, R.L., Koina, E., Lee, J.T., Mahony, S., Marra, M.A., Miller, R.D., Nicholls, R.D., Oda, M., Papenfuss, A.T., Parra, Z.E., Pollock, D.D., Ray, D.A., Schein, J.E., Speed, T.P., Thompson, K., VandeBerg, J.L., Wade, C.M., Walker, J.A., Waters, P.D., Webber, C., Weidman, J.R., Xie, X., Zody, M.C., Graves, J.A.M., Ponting, C.P., Breen, M., Samollow, P.B., Lander, E.S., Lindblad-Toh, K., 2007. Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences. Nature 447, 167–177. doi:10.1038/nature05805

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