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. 2011 Jun 2;18(4):211–219. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsr012

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Figure 5. — Possible evolutionary pathway of the SIRH family genes in mammals. (A) PEG10 insertion occurred in a therian ancestor and domesticated before the split of marsupials and eutherians. (B) PEG11/RTL1 insertion occurred in a therian ancestor but domesticated only in the eutherians and collapsed in the marsupials. (C) SIRH12 insertion occurred in a marsupial ancestor and domesticated at least in wallaby but collapsed in opossum.