Table 1.
Description of marsupial and mouse methylation data. Tissue type, N = total number of samples/arrays. Number of females. Age: mean, minimum and maximum in units of years
| Species | Tissue | N | No. Female | Mean Age (Years) | Min. Age | Max. Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum | Ear | 45 | 28 | 0.771 | 0.0384 | 2.22 |
| Liver | 48 | 26 | 0.922 | 0.0384 | 3.27 | |
| Tail | 7 | 4 | 0.164 | 0.0384 | 0.288 | |
| Eastern grey kangaroo | Blood | 12 | 5 | 4.517 | 1.820 | 13.300 |
| Red kangaroo | Blood | 37 | 20 | 7.097 | 0.620 | 11.730 |
| Red-necked wallaby | Blood | 5 | 4 | 7.584 | 2.020 | 9.650 |
| Tasmanian devil | Ear | 41 | 23 | 3.427 | 0.500 | 8.000 |
| Western grey kangaroo | Blood | 5 | 3 | 2.708 | 1.666 | 5.036 |
| Mouse | Blood | 97 | 1 | 0.998 | 0.0192 | 2.250 |
| Ear | 18 | 1 | 0.0671 | 0.0192 | 0.115 | |
| Liver | 498 | 1 | 0.0367 | 0.0191 | 2.778 | |
| Muscle | 18 | 1 | 0.0671 | 0.0192 | 0.115 | |
| Tail | 18 | 1 | 0.0671 | 0.0192 | 0.115 | |
| Whole Brain | 18 | 1 | 0.0671 | 0.0192 | 0.115 |