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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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Didelphis
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Superorder Marsupalia (organism)

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Skilled forelimb movements in prey catching and in reaching by rats (Rattus norvegicus) and opossums (Monodelphis domestica): relations to anatomical differences in motor systems
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cloning of a Na/Pi cotransporter from opossum kidney cells.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ‐ INDUCED MALIGNANT MELANOMA IN Monodelphis domestica
Several lines of evidence support the hypothesis that ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is involved in the etiology of cutaneous… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Biology and natural history of Brazilian Atlantic forest small mammals
During a 17-month study, 20 small mammal species were recorded in the forests of the western slopes of the Brazilian Atlantic… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Nervous receptors of the tracheobronchial tree.
A recent study on the cat vagus nerve (43), which used light and electron microscopy, found a total of 5558 afferent fibers… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Sodium-dependent phosphate transport inhibited by parathyroid hormone and cyclic AMP stimulation in an opossum kidney cell line.
In the present study we investigated the characteristics of the transport of inorganic phosphate (Pi) in an opossum kidney cell… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The intermediate host spectrum in a Sarcocystis species of birds.
The life cycle of an avian Sarcocystis has been completed in the laboratory, originating with naturally infected icterids and… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Postnatal development of retinogeniculate, retino-pretectal and retinotectal projections in the opossum
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The fine structure of the zona glomerulosa and the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex of the opossum.
The normal fine structure of the zona glomerulosa and the zona fasciculata of the opossum is described, with emphasis on the… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Studies on reproduction in the opossum (Didelphis virginiana virginiana)
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