A transcriptome resource for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): insights into koala retrovirus transcription and sequence diversity

Table 1 Characteristics of marsupial species commonly referenced in this study

Common name	Binomial name	Order	Time since divergence from koala (mya)¹	Occurrence	Genome sequence
Common name	Binomial name	Order	Time since divergence from koala (mya)¹	Occurrence	Assembly	N50²	NCBI assembly ID	No. Ensembl r.72 coding genes
koala	Phascolarctos cinereus	Diprotodontia	-	Australia	-	-	-	-
tammar wallaby	Macropus eugenii	Diprotodontia	55	Australia	Meug_1.0 ³	14.5 kb	GCA_000004035.1	15290
Tasmanian devil	Sarcophilus harrisii	Dasyuromorphia	60	Australia	DEVIL7.0	1.8 Mb	GCA_000189315.1	18788
gray short-tailed opossum	Monodelphis domestica	Didelphimorphia	75	South America	MonDom5	59 Mb	GCF_000002295.2	21327

¹According to [16, 17].
²For supercontigs/scaffolds.
³The Meug_2.0 assembly is available but at the time of writing has not been annotated by either Ensembl or NCBI.

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