Antechinus

Toftegaard C., Moore C. and Bradley A.J. (1999). Chemical characterisation of urinary pheromones in Brown Antechinus, Antechinus stuartii. J Chem Ecol 25, 527-535. 

Toftegaard,C.L. and Bradley,A.J. (1999) Structure of specialised osmetrichia in the brown antech-inus Antechinus stuartii (MarsupialiarDasuridae). J. Zool. 248, 27-30. 

Parrott, M.L., Ward, S.J. and Temple-Smith, P.D. (2007) Olfactory cues, genetic relatedness and female mate choice in the agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., DOI 10.1007/s00265-006-0340-8. 

Toftegaard, C. L., McMahon, K. L., Galloway, G. J., and Bradley, A. J. (2002). Processing of urinary pheromones in Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia Dasyuridae) Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Journal of Mammalogy 83,71-80. 

Dusky antechinus, Antechinus swainsonii] 3.2 (95% confidence interval [=CI] of 2.4-4.2) mg/kg BW Black-handed spider monkey, Ateles goeffroyi] 10.0-15.0 mg/kg BW Australian mammals, various ... 

Bolton RM, Ahokas JT. 1997. Purification and characterization of hepatic glutathione transferases from an insectivorous marsupial, the brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii). Xenobiotica 27 573-586. 

The impression that ageing is programmed is strongest in animals that undergo catastrophic senescence. The most famous example is the Pacific salmon, though there are several others, including mayflies, marsupial mice (Antechinus) and the octopus Octopus hummelinckL Pacific salmon hatch... 

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