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Didelphidae

Known as: American opossums, Opossum, Opossums 
New World marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal MAMMALS, grow to about three feet in length… 
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Superorder Marsupalia (organism)

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2013
2013
Individual variation in resource use by opossums leading to nested fruit consumption
Despite recent findings on the ecological relevance of within population diet variation far less attention has been devoted to… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Growth of axons through a lesion in the intact CNS of fetal rat maintained in long-term culture
The ability of neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) to grow through a lesion and restore conduction has been analysed in… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Separation of sperm pairs and sperm-egg interaction in the opossum, Didelphis virginiana.
Summary. Oocytes, recovered from the oviduct or from ripe follicles, and spermatozoa flushed from the oviduct of opossums mated… 
1972
1972
Seasonal population characteristics of the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, in southeastern Lake Michigan, 1970-71
1970
1970
Wild reservoirs of Trypanosoma cruzi with special mention of the opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, and its role in the epidemiology of Chagas' disease in an endemic area of Costa Rica.
1966
1966
Natural infections of Leishmania and trypanosomes demonstrated by skin culture.
In the search for potential reservoirs of leishmaniasis, cultures were made from the skin of 61 wild-caught animals, of 17 genera… 
1964
1964
The effect of bile and bile salts on the uptake and cleavage of beta-carotene into retinol ester (vitamin A ester) by intestinal slices.
Bile of the rat and of other species stimulates the uptake of @-carotene from a micellar solution of Tween 40 (polyoxyethylene… 
1960
1960
The occurrence and morphogenesis of melanocytes in the connective tissues of the PET/MCV mouse strain.
Mammals, as a rule, are described as having melanocytes of neural crest origin confined almost entirely to the skin. Of the… 
Review
1957
Review
1957
Survey of animal ringworm in the United States.
R INGWORM in animals appears to be sufficiently common in the United States to present a potential public health problem. In… 
1955
1955
Temperature regulation in the Virginia opossum.
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